Salmon

Bristol Bay sockeye salmon are returning en masse and making their way upstream to find a mate. But in order to spawn successfully, these fish undergo a complex and dramatic freshwater transformation.

Bristol Bay sockeye populations are booming, but what is the tipping point?

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is tasked with managing data on the most productive wild salmon fishery in the world. That means managing an incredible amount of data - everything from tracking the enormous runs of tens of millions of fish, down to scales, size and weight of individual salmon. That individual data is collected by Fish and Game techs who go out each tide and sample hundreds of fish at the docks of the processors.

A recent study by the McKinley Research Group estimates that Bristol Bay’s commercial salmon industry generated $2 billion in economic benefit and an…

The public is invited to provide testimony in Dillingham on a ballot measure that aims to toughen salmon habitat protection in the state permitting…

Today's the big day: one of you caught the two billionth fish....now on to three!You’ve done it, Bristol Bay. We’re pretty sure that somewhere out there…

Efforts to launch local processors in two Bristol Bay communities may finally be coming to fruition.For decades, many of the processors in Bristol Bay…

The landings are tallied, and the National Marine Fisheries Service says commercial fishermen caught 9.5 billion pounds of seafood in 2014.In a report…

At nearly 51 million sockeye so far, the 2015 Bristol Bay run is the fifth largest on record. The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report is done for 2015, but we'll…

Bristol Bay sockeye run hit about 50 million fish....and fishermen were dismayed at the 50-cent base price posted at a couple of canneries.Tips? Posted…