Seafood companies and fishermen often target multiple species to reduce their risk, but the current price collapse is happening almost across the board.
"Bristol Bay sockeye"
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Alaska’s salmon worth $720 million this year
Sockeye salmon made up about two-thirds of the state’s total value this year, mostly due to the record-breaking Bristol Bay fishery.
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Bristol Bay salmon processors boost prices amid favorable markets for sockeye
Overall, it’s estimated that seafood processors paid fishermen working in Alaska a total of $643 million this year. That’s more than double last year’s total.
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Why is Bristol Bay’s sockeye run breaking records while other areas struggle?
Ocean waters are a few degrees warmer in the Gulf of Alaska, and that slight difference has challenged fish populations south of Bristol Bay.
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‘More hungry mouths’: Bristol Bay sockeye are abundant but getting smaller
Most fish that returned this year only spent one or two years in the ocean instead of three, but they’re also getting smaller for their age.
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A Sitka mobile plant built to chill out the Bristol Bay fishery
Pat Glaab and his partner Ben Blakey bought a 150-foot former helicopter logging barge and they’re converting it into a floating fish processor.
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