63.2 million fish have returned to the bay this year, breaking the 2018 record of 62.9 million.
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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.