UW-FRI Forecasts 53.4 Million Sockeye Run for Bristol Bay in 2027, 35.6 Million Catch

Four days after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) issued its forecast of a 49.31 million sockeye run for Bristol Bay in 2027, the University of Washington's Fisheries Research Institute (UW-FRI) released a larger one. Its run is about 4 million fish bigger, and its harvest is about 1.6 million bigger.
"This forecast is 12% lower than the recent 10-year average (61 million) and 5% higher than the recent 20-year average (51 million) of observed sockeye runs...
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