A third of the state’s subsistence salmon harvest was caught in Bristol Bay in 2017, according to a new report from the McKinley Research Group.
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Bristol Bay B&Bs hope for a boost in tourism this summer
Bristol Bay-area Bed and Breakfasts are hoping for a rebound in business this summer.
Lake Clark Air plane damaged after hitting chunk of ice on Chignik Lagoon runway
No one was injured, but the plane sustained damage when it hit a chunk of ice and frozen gravel, breaking the right main gear and tipping it down on its wing.
Big sockeye runs and struggling kings leave Bristol Bay managers with a complicated balancing act
In the Nushagak District, managing harvest is tough because chinook and sockeye runs overlap, so when the sockeye harvests increase, so does incidental chinook bycatch.
Gillnetters will get first shot at record-forecast of Togiak herring
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game projects a biomass of 236,700 tons — the highest forecast since 1993, when the state started to use its current forecasting method.
Curyung Tribal Council joins new effort to address epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous persons
At the beginning of the year, the U.S. Attorney’s office for Alaska announced that the Department of Justice would embark on a pilot project to address the missing and murdered Indigenous persons epidemic in the state. The Curyung Tribal Council in Dillingham is one of three Alaska tribes that volunteered to be part of the…





