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Runs are slow in the Nushagak, but sockeye are making an earlier appearance than last year in the Naknek and Kvichak districts. Tonight, we cover price transparency, the Nushagak king action plan, and the weather outlook for the week.

Runs are starting to pick up in the Nushagak, with now over 126,000 fish escaped upstream. A big push of fish came up the Egegik River, with fishing boats hauling aboard more than half a million fish so far this season. Tonight, we hear the latest on the east side runs in Egegik and Ugashik, fishermen voices and Food Friday featuring favorite ways to eat beluga.

Fishing is starting to get underway in the Nushagak, where commercial fishing officially opened last night and fleets hauled aboard almost 350,000 fish. Harvests in Egegik slowed down a bit, and no fish were harvested in Naknek, Ugashik, or Togiak.

The season is off to a much slower start than last year, with numbers dropping Saturday, and no harvests in Egegik, Ugashik or Togiak yesterday. But fish are showing up at the Port Moller test fishery. And, Nushagak fleets are getting ready for their first opener.

Fishermen in the Nushagak hauled in over half a million fish on Monday, and escapement in the Wood River topped a million. Egegik runs have slowed somewhat, and fishing closed in the Naknek-Kvichak where escapement is just over 34,000 fish.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.