Corinne Smith
Fisheries ReporterCorinne Smith is an award-winning reporter and producer who grew up in Oakland, California and on her family’s horse ranch in Marin County, CA, a contrast that nurtured a deep appreciation for the complexities of identity and belonging, and connection to place, land and the natural world. This is her second season as a fisheries report, and now returns as director of the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report.
She began her reporting career at KPFA Radio in Berkeley, first as a general assignment reporter and then as lead producer for UpFront, a daily morning drive-time news and public affairs show. She’s served as a local reporter and host in Alaska for KFSK in Petersburg, KHNS in Haines, and most recently with KBBI in Homer. Her work has been recognized by the Alaska Press Club, and her stories have been featured in NPR’s Morning Edition, National Native News and the Bristol Bay Times.
You can reach her at corinne@kdlg.org.
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When salmon first hatch from eggs, fighting their way out of freshwater gravel beds and into the world, they’re hungry. The young salmon are on the hunt for tiny, microscopic animals called zooplankton. -
The bay-wide harvest dropped somewhat Tuesday with 723,000 fish hauled in. Catches were about neck-in-neck in Egegik, Naknek, and the Nushagak with around a quarter million fish each. The bay-wide escapement is at 8 million fish. The total run is at 32.7 million. -
The NN Cannery History Project in South Naknek has won a national award of excellence from the American Association for State and Local History, recognizing effort to preserve and represent the people and cultures of Bristol Bay’s processing industry. -
Bristol Bay fleets had another strong harvest day Monday with 1.8 million fish caught bay-wide. The biggest catch was in the Nushagak, followed closely by the Naknek-Kvichak. Escapement is at 7.5 million fish, and the total bay-wide run is at 31.1 million. -
A dramatic reading of a story submitted by Area M fisherman, Steven Burrows via a series of inReach messages. -
Bristol Bay fleets saw a big push of fish Sunday harvesting 1.3 million fish, after somewhat of a drop the day before. Naknek-Kvichak fleets had the biggest haul with 570,000 fish, followed by the Nushagak. The bay-wide total catch is now 21.5 million, and the total run is at 29 million. -
The bay-wide catch dropped to 505,000 fish on Saturday. Ugashik fleets brought in the biggest catch of the day, hauling in almost one third of that with 164,000 fish, followed by the Naknek-Kvichak with almost 160,000. The total run is an estimated 27.5 million fish. -
Egegik fleets again harvested the biggest catch of the day on Friday with 408,000 fish, about half of the total bay-wide catch yesterday of 817,000 fish. The total catch is at 19.6 million fish, and the total run is at an estimated 26.5 million. -
Fleets hauled in another 1.6 million fish bay-wide Thursday, with the biggest harvest in Egegik. Escapement doubled yesterday in the Naknek-Kvichak district, with over half a million fish returning there. The total baywide catch is at 18.8 million fish, and the total run is at 25 million. -
The Chignik watershed is seeing a continued rebound of sockeye this season, a welcome sign since the run crashed in 2018. But while sockeye seem to be on track to meet escapement goals, chinook are scarce with just 18 fish counted so far this year.
