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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Salmon fishers, Tribes, and associated businesses in Bristol Bay, Alaska, U.S.A. have welcomed a recent legal filing ...

Read Next: Fishing Guides Are Fighting a Massive Rock Mine Proposed ... communities and organizations united behind these policy decisions to defend Bristol Bay," said Salmon State, "the case now ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...