Jack Darrell
Fisheries ReporterJack Darrell is a reporter for KDLG working on the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report. He is passionate about sustainable fisheries and local stories that connect communities and explore the intersections of class, culture, and undersea creatures.
Previously, Jack graduated from St. Mary's College with a degree in English and Environmental Science and has worked as a farmhand in northern New Mexico and with the SlackWater Center, a regional oral history project. He has also reported for The Atlantic, Earth Island Journal, and Hakai Magazine.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Bristol Bay fishing crews saw a big push of salmon yesterday, putting their first "million fish day" of the season in the books. Fleets across the bay harvested over 1.5 million fish on Friday with Egegik and Nushagak crews banking over 600,000 salmon each and the Naknek-Kvichak district re-opening fishing in time to haul in almost 300,000. Total run in Bristol Bay is coming up on nine million. -
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. -
The Skipper Science Program is in its third year in Bristol Bay and fishing crews are taking notice. User numbers are up on the app in the fishery and this season, the citizen science initiative could be more consequential than ever. The goal is to find out where exactly King salmon are running, with the Nushagak King mapping project. -
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.
