Over 8 Million Sockeyes Caught in Bristol Bay, Half of Those in the Nushagak District, as of Sunday
While harvest numbers are watched closely as landings ramp up to the forecasted 36.7 million sockeyes this year, escapement numbers are already cause for celebration.
Two of the three rivers in the Nushagak District exceeded their annual escapement goals by yesterday. The Wood River’s forecasted 1.5 million goal was surpassed on July 2 when the total reached 1.6 million. The Nushagak sockeye escapement was 22,000 fish on Saturday for a cumulative of 1.1 million, about 330,000 over the forecasted escapement. In the ...
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