For the first 98 years, up to the first billionth sockeye caught, Bristol Bay’s average annual catch was a little more than 10 million fish per year. For the last 38 years, it’s been about 27 ...

NAKNEK — Record-breaking numbers of sockeye salmon have returned to southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay and the tally is expected to climb higher in the days ahead. As of Thursday, fishing crews ...

Epic forecast for Bristol Bay salmon has fishing industry worried it will be too much to handle . April 7, 2022 at 4:41 pm Updated April 7, 2022 at 10:53 pm . By . Alex DeMarban.

Tenders tie up at the processor’s docks, where a tube sucks salmon out of the hold and pumps them into a room-sized vat of ...

The post Bristol Bay salmon would benefit from added protection in federal law appeared first on Alaska Beacon. As we write, tens of millions of salmon are swimming their way back to Bristol Bay.

In the midst of the fishing season, Bristol Bay businesses, fishermen, and Tribes celebrate the Trump Administration’s ...

Bristol Bay in Alaska will remain protected under the Clean Water Act, ... Everything in the Bay circulates around salmon, from fishing industry to recreation, to native culture, ...

Thus did the salmon come back last week to Alaska’s Bristol Bay, one of the richest salmon-fishing grounds in the world, in the biggest run in the 49th state in twelve years. Heartening Prediction.

Rogotzke has been making the trip to Bristol Bay to catch wild Alaskan salmon since 1982. “That’s a couple of years ago already,” he said during a recent conversation with sons Tom and Jay.

The most abundant source for sockeye salmon is Bristol Bay. This watershed in southwest Alaska is a salmon hot spot and accounts for over half of the world’s sockey salmon harvest.

Bristol Bay is one of the most productive salmon runs in the world, with 40-60 million salmon returning to the watershed every year. Bristol Bay generates 500 million dollars annually for ...

Picture this: Wind blowing steady at 40 knots, gusting 60. Boats, aluminum and fiberglass gillnetters are bouncing on anchor in the wind. Bouncing sounds too playful. These boats, mostly cabin ...