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The federal in-season manager has issued an emergency closure to fishing for Chinook salmon in federal public waters of the Chignik River drainage, effective at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages
The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages
The sockeye runs to the Chignik River are at their highest for this time of year since 2015. This is welcome news after four years of extremely low returns. Chignik officials think that might have something to do with recent management changes to Area M’s commercial fishery, but biologists and Area M fishers are skeptical.