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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report, July 11, 2016

Travis Ellison with an update on Naknek-Kvichak, Robin Samuelsen on problematic court appearances (and the season so far), and a greenhorn visits again sooner than we thought she might. 

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Yesterday's catch in the Bay was 2.2 million sockeye, the biggest yet. Naknek-Kvichak fleet hauled in over a million of those. Egegik catch was 454,000, Nushagak was 445,000, Ugashik catch was 319,000. The Port Moller catches tapered off a bit Sunday and some more Monday.

Total run to Bristol Bay through Sunday is 24,067,000 sockeye, about halfway if the preseason forecasts are accurate. 

The F/V Pandalus will fish back from stations 12 to 2 on Tuesday to wrap up it's season in Bristol Bay. The genetics from the July 7-8 catch show strongest for Ugashik (34.5%), Alagnak (18.8%), Egegik (17.8%), Naknek (9.4%), Igushik (6.1%), Kvichak (4.7%), Wood (2.7%), Nushagak (.5%), and Togiak (0%).

Tonight, Fish and Game's Travis Ellison on his district, drifter Robin Samuelsen on his court date, and a greenhorn we met earlier this year stops in with an update on the end of her season. 

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Drifters steam for the south line in Naknek before an opener.