Bristol Bay’s 2017 sockeye forecast on par with 10-year average

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has forecast a total sockeye salmon run of 41.47 million in Bristol Bay, which would allow for a commercial harvest of 29.01 million fish next year. The run is almost identical to the most recent 10-year average of total runs (41.39 million) and 27 percent greater than the long-term mean of 32.76 million sockeye.

ADF&G’s Bristol Bay forecast is the sum of individual predictions of nine river systems – Kvichak, Alagnak, Naknek, Egegik, U…


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