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Jessie Sheldon/KDLGAnticipation is building in the Dillingham harbor as crews get their boats ready. Despite some concerns over processor consolidation and declining king runs, crews seem optimistic about the season’s high base prices and strong sockeye forecasts. -
Hope McKenneyThis winter, the Alaska Board of Fisheries passed several new regulations for Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery, including measures in response to declining king salmon populations. That species was first designated as a stock of concern in the Nushagak district in 2022, but the regulations won’t go into effect until mid-July, when the king season is mostly over.
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It’s our final show of the season. Marine safety programs rely on a database that tracks commercial fishing deaths, but after mass layoffs at multiple federal agencies, it’s unclear if anyone is updating that info. Economist Gunnar Knapp shares history of seafood processors in Bristol Bay. -
The sockeye salmon run is wrapping up in Bristol Bay with zero operational commercial fishing deaths, but after a gutting of the federal workforce, it’s unclear if anyone’s tracking it. -
Escapement in the Togiak picked up to its highest so far this season, just 50,000 away from its escapement goal range mid-point. This report is sparse, but tomorrow’s finale should be full of all your favorite fish info. -
Thanks to a special bonus run summary from Fish and Game, this report has all the pertinent catch numbers and more. The eastside is still going strong, as the Naknek-Kvichak district held the highest catch and the Alagnak river the greatest escapement.
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Less and less fish information is coming in, and this report has baywide total catch numbers and the individual escapement for each river.
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Of all the rivers across the bay, Togiak held the highest escapement yesterday, as not one of them passed 10,000. We’re 3 million fish above the total run forecast while the season is still coming to a gradual halt.
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Fishermen choose between fishing or packing up and going home. The EPA reaffirms its previous veto of the Pebble Mine. Plus, we hear from a woman creating community for partners of commercial fishermen. -
The Environmental Protection Agency is sticking with its veto of the proposed Pebble Mine project in southwest Alaska. -
Numbers continue to trickle down, and each district brought in less than 100,000 fish yesterday. Ugashik is the only district thus far (excluding the Togiak) that has not passed its preseason forecast.
