Bristol Bay sockeye harvest nears 12 millionPublished on July 6th, 2010 By MARGARET BAUMAN
Cold, drizzling weather continues to prevail in Bristol Bay's famed sockeye salmon fishery, where the harvest to date has grown to nearly 12 million reds, on a run of nearly 15 million fish. State managers on the west side of Bristol Bay opened fishing on Tuesday in the Wood River special harvest area, to protect sockeye escapements into the Nushagak River. Tim Sands, area management biologist for west side salmon, said that hopefully there will be enough sockeye escapement up the Nushagak in the next few days to resume fishing there later in the week. Meanwhile, sands said, Wood River was far ahead of the curve on escapement. The Nushagak, the larger traditional fishery for sockeye on the west side of Bristol Bay, is about 390 square miles, compared to 15 square miles in Wood River. The bulk of the run is expected to come through Bristol Bay within the next two weeks, reaching its peak sometime during the coming week. Through the July 4th holiday, the Naknek-Kvichak river system had a cumulative harvest of 3.2 million reds on a total run of 4.3 million fish. On the east side, harvesters in the Egegik fishery had 3 million delivered 3 million runs, and Ugashik fishermen 1.4 million reds, on total runs of 3.3 million and 1.5 million fish respectively. At Togiak, a total run of more than 56,000 reds had produced a harvest of 54,317 fish. Margaret Bauman can be reached at mbauman@alaskanewspapers.com, or by phone at 1-800-770-9830 ext 438 |
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