Welcome to this weekend numbers edition of the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report. Egegik surpassesd its preseason forecast, and the Naknek-Kvichak is still seeing upticks in registration.
Welcome to this weekend numbers edition of the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report -- Egegik surpassesd its preseason forecast, and the Naknek-Kvichak is still seeing upticks in registration.
On the west side, the Nushagak brought in 350,000 fish yesterday, putting the cumulative up to 13.5 million. Escapement in the Nush was 83,000 yesterday and 2.3 million on the season. Breaking the day’s escapement down by river, 65,000 fish swam past the Wood River tower, 17,000 went up the Nushagak, and 370 were in the Igushik.
The Togiak didn’t fish yesterday, leaving the season cumulative there at 269,000. Escapement in the Togiak was 3,500 yesterday as part of a cumulative of 30,000.
On the east side, Egegik had the biggest catch yesterday, hauling in 600,000. The cumulative in the district is 10.8 million this year. Egegik escapement was 172,000 as part of a cumulative of 1.78 million.
The Nankek-Kvichak had the second biggest catch by just a hair, catching 594,000 yesterday, contributing to a cumulative of 8.6 million. The district saw an escapement of 382,000, bringing the cumulative up past 3 million to 3.4.
Ugashik didn’t fish yesterday, leaving the cumulative at 325,000. That district had an escapement of 8,000, bringing the cumulative up to 100,000 on the season.
As far as vessel registration goes, the Naknek-Kvichak is still making the biggest gains.
The Naknek-Kvichak had 674 permits as of 9AM today, and that number will go up to 840 at the same time Tuesday. The vessel count will jump from 534 to 646, and the the D-Boat count will go from 140 to 158.
Staying on the East Side, Egegik will pick up a couple permits, going from 461 to 463. The district will also add two vessels, going from 340 to 342. The number of boats doubled up stays the same at 121.
The Nushagak is still gradually slowing down, with the permit count going from 348 to 347 for Tuesday. It’ll also drop a vessel, going from 282 to 281. It’ll keep the same number of D-Boats with 66.
The Ugashik is still gaining a few, with permits going from 92 to 100 for Tuesday. The vessel count there will jump from 69 to 74 and the number of D-Boats will go from 23 to 26.
Things are still staying flat in Togiak, with 42 permits and 42 vessels all weekend.
Over at the Chignik Weir, we’ve got the latest numbers from yesterday.
The day’s count was 23,000. So far this season, 347,000 sockeye have been counted, with 71,000 of them belonging to the late run.
According to a release this morning, it looks like Chignik will have an opener on Tuesday, which is only their second of the year.
Taking a look now at the Daily harvest report from Area M…
The South Peninsula catch is up to 787,000 sockeye and 9.6 million pinks.
On the North Side of the Peninsula, they’ve got 1.3 million sockeye this year.
Over at Port Moller, the test fishery made it to five stations yesterday, fishing stations 4 through 12. Analysts say there’s still some strength in the run and numbers from the last ten days have been above average. The numbers are as follows.
Station 4 got 1 in the four and a half and 1 in the five and an eighth, making the catch index 4.
Station 6 caught 14 in the four and a half and 9 in the five and an eighth, putting the catch index at 36.
Station 8 got 5 in the four and a half and 0 in the five and an eighth, putting the catch index at 10.
Station 10 got 22 in the four and a half and 16 in the five and an eighth, for a catch index of 52.
And finally station 12 caught 15 in the four and a half and 14 in the five and an eighth, for a catch index of 50.
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