With the arrival of winter, Minnesotans eagerly await the opportunity to engage in various ice-based activities, from skating and ice fishing to snowmobiling. However, safety shoul...Jul 23, 2021 · Published July 23, 2021 at 3:59 PM AKDT. Listen • 1:21. Hope McKenney. Fish just keep rolling into the bay with another near half million swimming through yesterday. The total run is now past 64 million fish with total escapement at 24.9 million. Tell us what you think of the Fish Report! Get in touch and share some perspective — give us a call 907-842-2200 or send an email to [email protected]. The Skipper Science Program is in its third year in Bristol Bay and fishing crews are taking notice. ... He is working on the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report and is passionate about sustainable fisheries and local stories that connect ...Send a Fish Story. Support the Fish Report. Tuesday’s Report April 7th - — Clear sky- wind from the south-, eddy from the outer watrerly winds— seas ok mixed, still a bit of lump for that outside swell and the S/E light wind chop— waters cooler and a bit more green-. Weak onshore flow and a coastal eddy will prevail through Thursday.Just when we thought the run was slowing down, Thursday was the second biggest harvest day of the season to date with 2.5 million fish hauled in bay-wide. Naknek-Kvichak fleets caught 1.2 million of that. Escapement was also a strong 1.2 million. The total run is now 37 million fish.A study shows a diet lower in vegetable oil and higher in fatty fish can reduce the frequency of migraines. Trusted Health Information from the National Institutes of Health An NIH...(Photo by Sage Smiley/KDLG) This summer 79 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay, the largest run on record. But over the past half-century, there has been a dramatic shift in who...The average Bristol Bay sockeye this year is smaller. That’s part of a trend over the past four decades, as increasingly smaller fish have returned to the bay amid larger salmon runs and warming oceans. As KDLG’s Brian Venua reports, everyone from processor executives to biologists now have to consider what smaller fish mean for …The Bristol Bay run is slowing down, but still had a strong harvest yesterday of 722,000 fish. Total harvest is now at 35.3 million, and total escapement is at 12.8 million. The total bay-wide run is estimated at 48.2 million fish.Mar 5, 2024 · Jack Darrell is a reporter for KDLG working on the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report. He is passionate about sustainable fisheries and local stories that connect communities and explore the intersections of class, culture, and undersea creatures. Previously, Jack graduated from St. Mary's College with a degree in English and Environmental Science ... The Bristol Bay run is now 3 million. The total run for the bay is forecast to come in around 51 million.Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 21, 2021. Bristol Bay’s 2021 run is the largest on record, at 63.2 million fish. So far, 2021’s total has outplaced the 2018 record by about 300,000 fish. In all, 24.55 million salmon have escaped in rivers across the bay — the third-largest escapement since Fish and Game started counting in 1952.Fish that has been defrosted in the refrigerator will last for 1 to 2 days if kept in the refrigerator. If the fish is not cooked within 1 to 2 days, it can be safely refrozen. The...Fish Facts is a regular segment this season on the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report - where we take a deep dive into fish science, ecology, and research, and swim the salmon life cycle, from the open ocean to home streams and rivers. ... Jessie Sheldon is a fisheries reporter for KDLG. She has spent several summers working in Alaska, both on …We are closing in on the final day of the KDLG pledge drive! Call us at 907-842-5281 or 907-842-1670 or go to kdlg.org to donate. The drive ends tomorrow.In other news, Ugashik continues to shine in Bristol Bay. Yesterday the district was the winner in both harvest and escapement. The total baywide run is quickly approaching last year’s …(Photo by Sage Smiley/KDLG) This summer 79 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay, the largest run on record. But over the past half-century, there has been a dramatic shift in who...Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: June 20, 2022. Welcome to the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report! A huge push of salmon swam up the Wood River on Sunday, putting Nushagak District fishermen on short notice. Egegik fishermen hauled in around 44,000 fish yesterday. While we wait on numbers from the counting towers, some seafood processing companies aren...Tip 1: Fly Fishing for Perch - Fly fishing for perch can be challenging for inexperienced anglers. Learn more about fly fishing for perch at HowStuffWorks. Advertisement Mo­st folk...Station 10 caught 5 fish in the 4 ½ inch mesh and 1 fish in the 5 ⅛. That catch index is 13. Station 12 caught 1 fish in the 4 ½ inch mesh and 0 fish in the 5 ⅛. That catch index is 3. Station 14 caught 6 fish in the 4 ½ inch mesh and 10 fish in the 5 …Jun 22, 2022 · Ugashik. Ugashik fishermen caught 12,000 fish, with an average of 713 sockeye per drift delivery. The season total of 18,538. No escapement numbers yet. The Ugashik’s total run is at 18,538. Vessel and permit registrations: June 22 9:00 a.m. - June 24 9:00 a.m. Across the bay there are 860 permits on 677 vessels. June 20, 2022 ·. It's the first Fish Report of 2022! And what a season ahead: A record run of over 75 million sockeye forecast to return to Bristol Bay, and so much more to look forward to. Tune in at 6pm/10pm/2am and read up here:Fish out of water story ends with 77,000 young salmon in the wrong water. By Bill Chappell. Published April 4, 2024 at 7:17 AM AKDT. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. A fish tanker truck was carrying some 102,000 spring Chinook smolts from Lookingglass Hatchery in northeast Oregon when it overturned near the water.Station 8 caught 34 fish in the 4 1/2 inch mesh and 20 in the 5 1/8. The catch index is 130. Station 10 caught 47 in the 4 1/2 inch mesh and 17 in the 5 1/8. The catch index is 202. Station 12 caught 4 fish in the 4 ½ inch mesh and 1 in the 5 1/8. The catch index was 16. Station 14 caught 4 fish in the 4 ½ inch mesh and 0 in the 5 1/8.While the taste of fish may not be appealing to all taste buds, fish oil supplements offer an additional dietary source of omega-3 fatty acids, which help your body function in a v...Bristol Bay fleets are sailing past the record-breaking harvest now. Fishermen caught another 2.3 million sockeye on Tuesday, for a bay-wide harvest of 48.8 million. The bay’s total run jumped to the second biggest on record at 64.2 million fish.See stories by Corinne Smith. Bristol Bay fishing crews outraged with this year’s base price protested by anchoring in the Naknek River entrance on Thursday. Crews are calling on Alaskan processors to reconsider this historic low base price and bring more price transparency to the fishery.Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 11, 2023. Jack Darrell. , July 11, 2023. Bristol Bay fleets had another strong harvest day Monday with 1.8 million fish caught bay-wide. The biggest catch was in the Nushagak, followed closely by the Naknek-Kvichak. Escapement is at 7.5 million fish, and the total bay-wide run is at 31.1 million.The bay-wide catch dropped to 505,000 fish on Saturday. Ugashik fleets brought in the biggest catch of the day, hauling in almost one third of that with 164,000 fish, followed by the Naknek-Kvichak with almost 160,000. The total run is an estimated 27.5 million fish.The Nushagak fleet is waiting for its first opener, which could come as soon as tomorrow. Stock composition numbers from Port Moller show most fish still headed to that district. Egegik had another haul yesterday, and there were smaller catches from Togiak and the Naknek-Kvichak. The total run for Bristol Bay is nearing 600,000 fish -- double …It was another million-fish-day in the Nushagak. Harvest for the Nushagak is now more than 50% above average for the past few years. While other districts aren’t quite as prolific, fishermen are still pulling in those nets.Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 7, 2023. Fleets hauled in another 1.6 million fish bay-wide Thursday, with the biggest harvest in Egegik. Escapement doubled yesterday in the Naknek-Kvichak district, with over half a million fish returning there. The total baywide catch is at 18.8 million fish, and the total run is at 25 million.While the taste of fish may not be appealing to all taste buds, fish oil supplements offer an additional dietary source of omega-3 fatty acids, which help your body function in a v...Ugashik’s fishermen brought in 247,000 sockeye on Tuesday, with an average drift delivery of 2,038. The total harvest has passed 2 million; it sits at 2.1 million salmon. Escapement up the Ugashik was 46,644, for a season total of 164,460. Another 80,000 fish are estimated to be swimming up the Ugashik.Corinne Smith, KDLG - Dillingham. - June 23, 2023. A Bristol Bay fishing boat unloads at a processor. (File/KDLG) An opinion piece entitled “Alaska’s secret wild salmon prices hurt everybody,”...Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 7, 2023. Fleets hauled in another 1.6 million fish bay-wide Thursday, with the biggest harvest in Egegik. Escapement doubled yesterday in the Naknek-Kvichak district, with over half a million fish returning there. The total baywide catch is at 18.8 million fish, and the total run is at 25 million.It's the KDLG pledge drive! Please donate! Make it possible for us to provide news and info like this: The run is late this year, but it’s ramping way up…We are closing in on the final day of the KDLG pledge drive! Call us at 907-842-5281 or 907-842-1670 or go to kdlg.org to donate. The drive ends tomorrow.In other news, Ugashik continues to shine in Bristol Bay. Yesterday the district was the winner in both harvest and escapement. The total baywide run is quickly approaching last year’s season total — with only a million shy at 56.8 ...Here's the agenda. Board of Fish members McKenzie Mitchell, John Jensen and Märit Carlson-Van Dort on the first day of the 2022 Bristol Bay meeting. Nov. 29, 2022. The Board of Fish Bristol Bay meeting starts today at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage. The board will consider 52 proposals to change regulations in Bristol Bay’s commercial ...Jul 19, 2022 · Published July 19, 2022 at 6:46 PM AKDT. Listen • 25:02. Christina Salmon. The Libby McNeil Libby 76 in the Kvichak River, by Igiugig. July 2022. Naknek-Kvichak fleets brought in more than half of Monday’s harvest. The bay’s total catch is now at 57 million sockeye, and the total run is at 74.5 million. Egegik fleets again harvested the biggest catch of the day on Friday with 408,000 fish, about half of the total bay-wide catch yesterday of 817,000 fish. The total catch is at 19.6 million fish, and the total run is at an estimated 26.5 million.Reiley arrives in Dillingham March 1. After his 10-day quarantine, he will head out on his first aerial survey to collar caribou, moose and wolves. Contact the author at [email protected] or 907-842-2200. Reiley brings experience as a biologist and technician in several states researching birds, grizzlies and black bears.The average fish per drift delivery there continues to be the highest sockeye delivered per boat at 686. 87% of the harvest went to the drift fleet while 13% went to set netters. Escapement made a jump in the Ugashik as hovers in the half-million range of 557,334 fish escaping up the Ugashik River, bringing the district’s total escapement to ...Bristol Bay fleets saw a big push of fish Sunday harvesting 1.3 million fish, after somewhat of a drop the day before. Naknek-Kvichak fleets had the biggest haul with 570,000 fish, followed by the Nushagak. The bay-wide total catch is now 21.5 million, and the total run is at 29 million.The Nushagak fleet is waiting for its first opener, which could come as soon as tomorrow. Stock composition numbers from Port Moller show most fish still headed to that district. Egegik had another haul yesterday, and there were smaller catches from Togiak and the Naknek-Kvichak. The total run for Bristol Bay is nearing 600,000 fish -- double what it was a few days ago.Get in touch and share some perspective — give us a call 907-842-2200 or send an email to [email protected]. If you’d like to get a message out to the fleet on this show, send your messages to the fleet to [email protected]. Nushagak District meets king salmon conservation goal, triggering openerJun 20, 2022 · KDLG. Logan Harrison coils cork line in Dillingham. June 20, 2022. Bristol Bay saw the largest total sockeye salmon run on record last year at close to 68 million fish, according to the state Department of Fish and Game. But chum salmon runs up the Nushagak River were far lower than average. Total harvest in the Ugashik District is now has eclipsed the 1 million mark at 1.1 million fish, attributed 27% to the set-netters and 73% to the drift fleet. 147,000 fish escaped up the Ugashik River yesterday, bringing the run to 902,000 fish. There is also a 325,000-fish in-river estimate, slighty up from Tuesday’s estimate.The bay-wide harvest declined somewhat Tuesday with 723,542 fish caught. The total season catch is now at 24,066,520. Escapement yesterday was 566,726 for a season total of 8,071,722 spawners up-river, and another 650,000 estimated in-river. The total bay-wide run is at 32.7 million fish. Nushagak.Another big harvest day Saturday in a weekend of banner late-season catch numbers for Naknek-Kvichak fleets. Total haul across the bay yesterday was 2 million fish. The total season catch is now at 33 million of a 44 million fish run. Though it remains to be seen how many fish are behind this shocking pulse, the season’s forecast is an estimated 51 million fish run. Escapement yesterday was ...Published July 19, 2022 at 6:46 PM AKDT. Listen • 25:02. Christina Salmon. The Libby McNeil Libby 76 in the Kvichak River, by Igiugig. July 2022. Naknek-Kvichak fleets brought in more than half of Monday’s harvest. The bay’s total catch is now at 57 million sockeye, and the total run is at 74.5 million.Jul 14, 2021 · It’s the midpoint of the KDLG pledge drive! Call us at 907-842-5281 or donate at kdlg.org.Bristol Bay’s run is 3 million fish over its pre-season forecast — more than 54 million fish have returned so far. The Naknek-Kvichak’s fleet had the biggest catch of the day, as more than 700,000 fish were hauled in, and the Kvichak saw a sizable escapement. Ugashik’s harvest was over 600,000 ... Public Radio for Alaska's Bristol Bay. Show Search. Search QueryFish and Game will publish the final daily run summary of 2021 on its website. The numbers (as of July 30): Bristol Bay. The total run is now at 65.73 million, which broke the 2018 record of 62.9 million fish. The run blew past the pre-season forecast of 50 million.