Commercial salmon harvests in Alaska rose by nearly 11 million fish over the past week, as deliveries to processors reached a total of 49 million sockeyes, 15 million humpies, 8.9 million chums, 957,000 silvers and 313,000 Chinooks. Bristol Bay saw its catch rise from 33 million to 37.5 million fish, including 36.8 million sockeyes and […]
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 […]
Scientists from NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center will embark from Dutch Harbor May 28 on another busy survey season, off Alaska’s coast, collecting data needed for fisheries managers to determine sustainable fishery harvest levels. This year, they’ll be conducting three groundfish and crab bottom trawl surveys and one midwater acoustic-trawl survey. Groundfish and crab surveys […]