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The board voted unanimously to adopt a plan that curbs fishing time when larger sockeye runs are forecast. The Nushagak River’s king salmon runs have declined sharply in recent years even as huge sockeye returns to the district have broken records.
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The Board of Fisheries and members of the public discussed the state’s action plan to protect Nushagak kings on the second day of the statewide meeting Saturday. Many people who testified discussed how many sockeye should go unharvested in order to conserve the struggling king runs.
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The meeting will be streamed live from March 10 - 14. Watch it here or on the Board of Fish website.
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The Nushagak’s commercial fishing district in Bristol Bay has one of the most prolific sockeye salmon runs in the world. But king salmon runs have dwindled. The local advisory committee is still deciding how to address the declines, and time is running out.
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Subsistence users near Dillingham can dip net this summer, and they can catch fish any time they like because the Board of Fisheries voted to remove a…
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Discussions concluded Friday, after attendees provided input on the 47 subsistence, commercial and sport fishing proposals. The board begins deliberations…
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The Naknek-Kvichak Advisory Committee came out in support of permit stacking at its meeting in Naknek on Thursday night. Like most of the ACs around the…
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Advisory committee for Nushagak drainage stakeholders says no to permit stacking, free week, reduced transfer times, and the Wood River Special Harvest…