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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It’s the historic mid-point of the season. And, stormy weather didn’t put a damper on crews on Wednesday who hauled in 2.3 million fish bay-wide. The Naknek-Kvichak fleet almost topped a million yesterday, almost. They caught 983,000 fish, followed by Nushagak with 750,000 harvested. The total run is now 22.2 million.
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It takes hard work and many hands to cut, handle and process the millions of salmon harvested in Bristol Bay. Many of those workers are international, from Mexico, to the Philippines to Ukraine, and are able to come to Alaska processing plants through the H2-B visa program.
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Harvests dropped a bit, but it was another million fish day in the bay Tuesday, with fleets hauling in 1.4 million fish. The largest harvests were by Nushagak fleets followed closely by Egegik. The total run is now at 19.6 million.
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It was the biggest harvest day of the season yet on Monday with almost 3 million fish hauled in bay-wide. The Naknek-Kvichak brought in the biggest catch with almost 1.5 million fish. And the total run is at 17.8 million.
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Rain and rough weather continued in some parts of the bay yesterday but crews baywide harvested 2.3 million fish following a huge push over the weekend. Fishing is picking up in the Naknek-Kvichak district, with the total harvest breaching one million. The baywide run is now 14.5 million.
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Over a million fish have now swam up the Nushagak. Fleets hauled in almost 850,000 fish baywide on Thursday, and the total run is at 7.1 million fish.
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The bay-wide run is at 6.1 million fish, with 3.3 million cumulative catch. Harvest was a bit down yesterday. Only Nushagak and Togiak fleets were out fishing, with crews hauling in just over 600,000 fish.
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Bristol Bay setnetters will decide whether or not they want to join the region’s seafood development association in an election in September.
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Seafood industry analysts say last year’s record-breaking Bristol Bay harvest is still being sold in retail markets worldwide, and a factor into what could end up being a dramatically lower price for fishermen this year.
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Runs are heating up, with almost a million fish hauled in bay-wide on Tuesday, with the biggest catch in the Nushagak with 675,000 fish. Escapement is at 2.4 million bay-wide, and the total run is at 5.2 million. Tonight, we dive further into the Skipper Science Program, catch up with Ugashik fishing crews, and discuss how last year's big catch is affecting this year's markets.