Proponents of the ban argued that spearfishing was inefficient, dangerous and disruptive to schooling sockeye — and likely illegal in any case.
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Bristol Bay sockeye run is largest on record
63.2 million fish have returned to the bay this year, breaking the 2018 record of 62.9 million.
For first time in decades, Peter Pan fishermen know price for Bristol Bay sockeye ahead of season
The base price is significantly higher than last year’s price of $0.70, but it’s still lower than the 2019 price of $1.35.
Less than half of expected sockeye have returned to Copper River so far this year
The harvest may be low, but prices for Copper River salmon were high — Peter Pan said it would pay triple last year’s prices.
Low Stikine sockeye forecast could mean early subsistence closure
Federal managers are warning that there may not be enough sockeye salmon to allow a full season of subsistence fishing on the Stikine River.
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.
State data shows 2020 Southeast salmon harvest was among worst on record
Fish and Game doesn’t have an answer for the almost 60% drop in salmon harvest between 2019 and 2020.
Southeast’s pink salmon catch could be lowest in 44 years
Fish and Game said 2020 is ‘definitely a historic, very poor pink salmon harvest.’
Study on salmon ear stones cited by EPA in Pebble draft EIS comments
The EPA’s 100-page comment on the Pebble Mine draft EIS cited a study focusing on the growth and development of young salmon in the Bristol Bay watershed.
Sockeye run winds down with strong summer numbers
Sockeye salmon returned to Haines’ Chilkoot River in strong numbers this summer. The run is winding down, but tracking near the upper end of the escapement goal set by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.