Bristol Bay Run Reaches Pre-Season Forecast of 40 Million with Catch at 30 Million Sockeye
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KDLG] By Molly Dischner - July 18, 2016
Last Friday marked a peak in the daily sockeye landings in Bristol Bay with 2.4 million sockeye caught in 24 hours. That was followed by 1.7 million landed on Saturday.
By Saturday evening, cumulative catches had reached 29.3 million sockeye with escapement exceeding 9.5 million throughout the Bay. The total run has by now reached 40 million as fishing is ongoing in several districts.
Escapements are in the mid- to upper-end of the preseason forecast ranges in all districts except Togiak...
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