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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: June 20, 2018

Sarah Miller

Tonight we get the scoop from a fisheries geneticist on where Port Moller Test Fishery sockeye are headed, and we travel up the Naknek for a look at the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy.

Salmon are pushing into the west side of Bristol Bay, while east side districts are still waiting for the fish to show up. 

On tonight's Bristol Bay Fish Report we hear from managers for the east and west side districts about what they are seeing in terms of fish and participation from the fleet. As of this afternoon, 508 permits and 374 vessels were registered in the Nushagak District. Twenty-two vessels were registered in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

The first stock composition summary from Port Moller shows half of the fish analyzed were headed toward the Wood River and another 30 percent were returning to the Nushagak.

In this episosde, also go on scene to the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy, as local youth demonstrate skills they learned earlier this month that could help them land jobs in the sport fishing industry.

Catch this program nightly at 6 p.m., 10 p.m., and 2 a.m. on AM 670, and online at KDLG.org. (With early broadcasts Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.)

Letters from home to your friends and family in the Bay this summer? Email us at avery@kdlg.org, or call 907-842-5281. 

Have feedback, suggestions of something you'd like to hear? Reach AveryLill / Izzy Ross / Austin Fast / orMitch Borden (in Naknek)

Credit Sarah Miller
Byron Singley shows off his catch with his guide, Abbey Whitcomb.
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Set gillnet fishermen float near Coffee Point during Tuesday's opener.
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Looks like this setnetter near Nushagak caught one fish.
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Set net fishermen place their nets on the beach near Ekuk Tuesday night.