Bristol Bay’s wild salmon harvest has reached upwards of 33 million fish, surpassing the harvest forecast of 29.52 million fish, and the preliminary commercial salmon harvest for Alaska statewide is climbing toward 64 million fish. Processors in Bristol Bay are offering a base price of 75 cents a pound, plus another 15 cents for salmon […]
Alaska’s wild salmon commercial harvests more than doubled from July 4 through July 12, with deliveries to processors rising from 18.3 million to 42 million fish, in another late run year that left Bristol Bay driftnetters waiting for the surge. As of July 12, the state’s preliminary commercial salmon harvest report showed a total Bristol […]
While Alaska Wildlife troopers from time to time find tender crewmembers without commercial crew-member licenses. But, on Monday, during a boarding in the northern Gulf Coast, Wildlife troopers would issue citations to an entire crew. On Monday Alaska Wildlife Troopers boarded the F/V Echo Belle while it was tendering near Sand Point. As a result […]
Commercial harvests of Alaska’s wild salmon have expanded statewide, with total deliveries nearing 5 million fish, including nearly 3 million sockeyes. Preliminary harvest figures compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game show that in the westward region, processors in the Alaska Peninsula have received 950,000 humpies, 883,000 sockeyes, 134,000 chums and fewer than […]