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93-Thousand Sockeye Harvested Sunday in Bristol Bay

Mike Mason

The sockeye harvest in Bristol Bay is still over a million fish short of the harvest anticipated in the pre-season forecast. Commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay hauled in another 93-thousand sockeye on Sunday. The largest catch was the 40-thousand fish taken in the Naknek-Kvichak District to push the season total to over 4.9-million sockeye. 21-thousand sockeye were taken in the Egegik District to push the season total to over 4.7-million fish. The catch Sunday in the Ugashik District was 21-thousand fish to push the season total to over 2.1-million sockeye. The catch in the Nushagak District was just 11-thousand sockeye to push the total to nearly 3.2-million fish. The Togiak District was closed on Sunday. Total catch in the Togiak District stands at over 260.7-thousand sockeye. Through Sunday the total catch in Bristol Bay was over 15.29-million sockeye. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirms that on average there were 124 sockeye per drift delivery Sunday in the Ugashik District and the number was 113 in the Egegik District. The average deliver number in the Naknek-Kvichak District was 86 and it was 113 in the Nushagak District. Fish and Game reports that every counted river in Bristol Bay has either met or exceeded the established escapement goals except for the Togiak River, which normally times out later than the other rivers in Bristol Bay. Sunday another 3.6-thousand sockeye were counted in the Togiak River to push the total to over 44.8-thousand sockeye. That’s still well short of the escapement goal of 150-thousand sockeye. Through Sunday the total sockeye run to Bristol, including harvest and escapement, was counted at over 22.6-million fish. That’s well short of the preseason forecast of 26.3-million but right at the adjusted forecast put forward by the University of Washington’s Fisheries Research Institute in their in-season update issued on July 7th.