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On the planet. to everyone's great relief the king of fish has arrived. if you're a salmon, if you're a so sockeye salmon -- >> it's a blad place to be righ now. >> it's a bad place to be. having babies changed her life but not her love for this. >> there's no way to keep them alive out here. >> tell me what's happening. what's going on around? >> the salmon industry is going on around us. 1.5 million fish were caught in bristol bay yesterday. >> but they anticipated 40, 50 million salmon. >> they're coming. they're late. they're supposed to peak on july fourth, but some animals are early some...

>> last year they were saying they were going home early. >> people did come out. people pulled their boats out of the water. >> with no industrial trawlers it means more fish for everyone including set netters like melanie. instead of chasing fish she anchors her net on the bottom and then makes multiple trips to empty it. she's the fourth generation to fish this inland following the dreams of her father who came from up north. >> he also dreamt of becoming a bristol bay fisherman. when he found out she was from bristol bay, he was like oh, and he started fishing the next summer. >> so it was...

Respect people because people respect bears. there was a time when the state thought if they killed the bears, there would be more fish for the people. when this guy pops in the woods, as bears do, he's spreading marine nutrients into the valleys. everything is connected by salmon. >> i'm scared every year. are they going to come back and every year they show up like miracles and everybody's happy and the bears are happy and the foxes and wolves, they all cash in. >> and while the bears sit around waiting to get full, the boats of kodiak are doing the same. and hundreds of bear-like men have c...

Years, wild salmons had nowhere to spawn, the atlantic habitat all but disappeared. leaving alaska as the last pure refuge for the king of fish. is there concern about the frujilt of that? or is it just like you got to make money and just hit it? >> no, this is a livelihood and there are guys who are multigenerational fishing men. >> unlike the rest of the country, alaska has a constitutional commitment to keep these guys coming back and catching fish. and to understand how, we should head north to bristol bay to see how make or break fortunes can all come down to a lonely lady in a tower.

Better -- yes, i think so. i think by and large the managers have a retched job. probably the most thankless job on the planet. >> this is the -- >> every day gaylord and his competitors put ears to radios to learn exactly when and for how long they're allowed to drop the net. >> will open from 5:30 p.m. july 9th until 3:00 thrt p.m. july 11th. >> it's a schedule determined by alaska fish and wildlife folks a few miles inland. folks like monet a biologist from florida more comfortable with sea turt recalls and salt water but she loves fish so much she signed up to sit in the tower alone and co...