ADFG: 2017 Bristol Bay Salmon Season 2nd Best in Twenty Years
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - September 15, 2017
The Bristol Bay salmon season summary is now out and this year's season ranks second out of the last 20 years and was 62 percent above the 34.9 million average run for the same period.
Alaska's Department of Fish and Game cautions that the summary is preliminary, but a few things about the season are remarkable.
First, the run to the Nushagak District was the largest in the history of the fishery.
The Nushagak, Egegik, Togiak and Ugashik districts were higher than the preseason forecast while Naknek-Kvichak District was less than predicted. The 37.7 million sockeye salmon commercial harvest was 37% above the 27.5 million preseason forecast.
Second, this year’s Bristol Bay sockeye salmon run was 42% above ...
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