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Numbers across the bay continue to decrease as yesterday’s run was just over 100,000 fish. Catch numbers are especially coming to a halt, as the total, bay-wide harvest is still short of its forecast by about 3 million.

Yesterday’s baywide catch number was almost twice than it was the day before, while escapement remained the same. And of all the rivers, the Igushik tower crews counted the most sockeye swimming through. Also, the total sockeye count in the Chignik Weir surpassed half a million after a large push yesterday.

Bristol Bay Field Notes, September 18, 2026

High school students from across the region are learning about outboard motors for college credit this week at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham.

Bristol Bay Field Notes, September 25, 2026

Bristol Bay Field Notes, October 2, 2026

Before joining NHPR in August 2014, Jack was a freelance writer and radio reporter. His work aired on NPR, BBC, Marketplace and 99% Invisible, and he wrote for the Christian Science Monitor and Northern Woodlands.