Bristol Bay salmon run begins to slow, sockeye catch lower than predicted
The peak of Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon run has past, and indications are the total catch will be lower than predicted.
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The peak of Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon run has past, and indications are the total catch will be lower than predicted.
Bristol Bay fishermen have been on the water for about a month and have harvested about a million sockeye so far, with the season set to ramp up in the next few weeks. The first Bristol Bay fisheries opened June 1, with the sockeye salmon slowly showing up over the past few weeks. As of June 26, fishermen had landed just shy of 1.2 million fish, about a quarter of them landed
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