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The Salmon Mystery of Bristol Bay. Alaska’s biggest salmon run is booming despite warming water, and scientists are trying to understand why. PICK CREEK, Alaska—In mid-July, sockeye poured into this stream, skittering through the...
The Nushagak River is now more than double its upper escapement goal. Both the Nushagak and Egegik’s fleets hauled in huge harvest numbers – Egegik’s fleet caught over 900,000 sockeye on Monday. Ugashik more than doubled their harvest so far, and had some hefty drift deliveries.
Credit Mackenzie Mancuso/KDLG The numbers The bay keeps pushing the record higher as 64.2 million fish have returned to local waters. Baywide harvest was 219,000 salmon as the season continues to wind down. Cumulative harvest for all of Bristol Bay is 39.2 million fish. Naknek-Kvichak district especially seems to be calming back down from their recent surge. Escapement got a light bump despite the Naknek tower no longer reporting. 213,203 fish made it up the rivers, over half of which went to the Alagnak River. Across Bristol Bay’s nine counted rivers, the total escapement is 24.9 milli...
Messages to the fleet To Tom Huffer Sr on Egegik Beach, from Stella: No seats are available on any flights out of King Salmon on Alaska or Ravn. You have your reservations for the 26th as planned. The alternative might be Dillingham. Please turn on the phone so I can call. If anyone hears this on Egegik Beach, please pass this on. To the hearty fishermen of the Vega!! We wish you guys good fishing and a safe return to us in Salt Lake City & Flagstaff!! We are proud of y'all. Lizzie, Ron, Jesse, Ciera, the girls and Mom!! Credit James Radon
Bristol Bay's sockeye run of 63.2 million is the largest on record Bristol Bay’s 2021 sockeye run is the largest on record; 63.2 million fish have returned to the bay, breaking the 2018 record of 62.9 million. This is the fourth time since 1952 that the bay’s run has surpassed 60 million sockeye. Alannah Hurley is a commercial fisherman from Dillingham, and the executive director of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay. She said it’s an exciting time to be here. “Breaking these records since the commercial fishery has begun is just a real testament to the stewardship for thousands o...