Yesterday produced a catch of more than 2.5 million sockeye, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports.
With fishing that strong, we won't be surprised to see the bay reach or exceed the preseason harvest forecast of 36.7 million.
By district, the Nushugak District leads with nearly 10 million sockeye, with the Egegik District at 8.4 million and the Naknek-Kvichak District at 7.7 million.
We still have no reports on what processors intend to pay for sockeye. We imagine fishermen aren't too pleased about that.
Looks like $.50/lb. + some incentives to get a little more...but really? how can this still happen in 2023?
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure it's happening because the Bay, as usual, put up a huge amount of poor quality, temperature abused, sockeye in 2022 — and a big amount remains. Poor quality always surprises Bay fishermen. How can that still happen in 2023?
ReplyDeleteShort-sighted local political influences.
Delete"Alaska, among the world's best managed fisheries" — what a whopper of crock, just plain rubbish.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say "the Bay," who are you referring to exactly? Fishermen? Tenders? Processors in "the Bay?" Processors that have plants outside of the Bay to have fish tendered to their plants that are somewhere else in the state because they don't have the capacity in the Bay?
ReplyDeleteThis year's biology did not create a capacity issue for any company. Tenders have cold water, that's not the problem.
ReplyDeleteIt's a problem when processors have their tenders bring fish to other parts of the state — cold water or not it's a long steam to False Pass, King Cove, Kodiak. Maybe not this season as much but last season produced #2 and #3 quality.
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