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The Kuskowkim River Salmon Management Working Group unanimously passed a motion asking the state to open the upper river above Aniak to gillnets for 24 hours once a week until the closure ends on Sept. 15.

You can expect to find mostly Sockeye salmon in the fish bin.

Bristol Bay sockeye a high point in states volatile season December 31st, 2020 |   More than 58 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay this summer. Its another in a series of enormous runs to the fishery. The commercial harvest was just as impressive — Bristol Bays fleet hauled in 39.5 million fish, which is the fifth-largest harvest on record. But while the Bays run exceeded 50 million fish for the sixth year in a row — 46% above the 20-year average — many other areas of th...

Bristol Bay sockeye a high point in states volatile season December 31st, 2020 |   More than 58 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay this summer. Its another in a series of enormous runs to the fishery. The commercial harvest was just as impressive — Bristol Bays fleet hauled in 39.5 million fish, which is the fifth-largest harvest on record. But while the Bays run exceeded 50 million fish for the sixth year in a row — 46% above the 20-year average — many other areas of th...

Jeremy Kern, the Naknek Harbor port foreman, attributes some of its success to keeping staff local.  “They know the industry," he said. "They’ve grown up around the industry. They know a lot of the fishermen and a lot of the processing people at the different plants.” Bristol Bay’s fishery makes up the largest part of the region’s economy. But with so many fishermen flying in from around the world, concerns about COVID-19 plagued discussions in the lead-up to the 2020 fishing season....