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People moves: The National Fisheries Institute announced it has appointed Kayla Bennett as its communications manager.

In the Bristol Bay region, sockeye salmon runs have been booming while Chinook runs have dwindled. Now scientists are seeking to enlist fishing crews

In the Bristol Bay region, sockeye salmon runs have been booming while Chinook runs have dwindled. Now scientists are seeking to enlist fishing crews in the effort to find out

Through Skipper Science, a citizen science program, crew members on the Nushagak River can gather information about weak Chinook runs.

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The huge volume of sockeye from 2022 has tamped down this year’s market.

Alaska’s summer salmon season in 2021 showed significant recovery over a lackluster 2020, and was ahead of initial projections.

Strong global and U.S. demand for sockeye salmon has pushed prices to near record highs and boosted fishermen’s paychecks. Silver Bay and Peter Pan Seafoods a few weeks ago increased their base prices to fishermen to $1.45 per pound, a 20-cent increase from the summer, and other Alaska companies are likely to follow suit. That compares to a final price in 2020 of just $1.06.

Values continue to rise for the sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska as a record string of runs coincides with a strong sockeye salmon market.

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