Final UW 2025 Bristol Bay Forecast is 2.8 Million Salmon More, or 5% Higher Than ADF&G Forecast
University of Washington’s Fisheries Research Institute (US-FRI) released its final pre-season forecast for Bristol Bay’s 2025 run late last week at numbers that are higher than the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s or even UW’s own preliminary estimate from last August.
UW’s forecast is for 54.1 million sockeye to return to the Bristol Bay Area, 12% lower than the recent 10-year average (61.2 million) and 8% higher than the recent 20-year average (49.9 million).
A run that ...
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