Post Season Re-Cap of Bristol Bay: Highest Value in 20 Years, 2nd Highest Total Run
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - September 15, 2016
Alaska’s salmon biologists have run the numbers and the post-season preliminary bottom line is that this year’s Bristol Bay run ranks 2nd out of the last 20 years. The total run size, according to the revised preliminary report, was 51.4 million salmon.
The average run from 1996–2015 is 35.1 million salmon. This year’s run was 46% above the 20 year average.
Total catch for sockeye of 37.3 million was 26% above the 29.5 million preseason forecast.
The Bristol Bay 2016 harvest of all salmon species was 39.2 million fish, ranking first over the last 20 years (1996-2015) and worth a preliminary exvessel value of $156.2 million, 40% above the 20-year average of $111.0 million.
All escapement goals were met or exceeded, with a total sockeye salmon escapement of 14.1 million fish.
A total of 29,545 Chinook salmon were harvested in...
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