Bristol Bay Season Officially Open, Port Moller Test Fishery Starts Next Week
With the Copper River harvest is at higher-than-forecasted levels of 327,000 sockeyes so far, the focus is shifting to other areas of Alaska which opened yesterday -- Prince William Sound with sockeyes from Coghill and Eshamy, and the biggest sockeye producer in the world: Bristol Bay.
The intense return of sockeyes in Alaska's westernmost scokeye district, is forecasted to be 40.18 million fish. The peak of the run, which can last a week to 10 days, won’t start for another four weeks, but June 3 marks the ...
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