Sockeye salmon from the Bristol Bay fishery are pumped into the Peter Pan Seafoods cannery in Dillingham for processing. (Marc Lester/ADN archive 2003) ...

By Bjorn Dihle . On July 22, news broke that Bristol Bay was having its biggest sockeye salmon return since recordkeeping began in 1893. More than 63 million sockeye had returned to the bay’s ...

Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye are coming in fast and furious to the westside Nushagak District, with fisheries biologists ...

The most abundant source for sockeye salmon is Bristol Bay. This watershed in southwest Alaska is a salmon hot spot and accounts for over half of the world’s sockey salmon harvest.

The Bristol Bay fishing season is wrapping up. The bay had a record sockeye salmon return this season. The salmon run, upwards of 70 million, was far and away the largest in recorded history.

Bristol Bay’s 2022 sockeye run is now the biggest on record: 69.7 million fish have returned this summer. That surpasses the previous record of 67.7 million fish, which was set last year.

The sockeye salmon harvest in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska is expected to be among the largest on record. State officials are reporting a run of 74 million fish, mostly from Bristol Bay, during ...

Bristol Bay is one of the last strongholds for all five species of Pacific salmon, particularly sockeye. But Bristol Bay’s salmon now face threats, too. The most immediate one is the proposed ...

Bristol Bay, Alaska, is the largest source of wild sockeye on the planet with record-breaking harvests for the last few years. Bristol Bay Salmon Week gives seafood enthusiasts and foodies alike ...

SEATTLE - Seafood lovers get a chance to try wild-caught sockeye salmon at 50 participating Seattle restaurants as part of Bristol Bay Salmon Week. From Nov. 18-23, Seattle-area restaurants will ...

The number of salmon returning to Bristol Bay Alaska from the Pacific Ocean last year was higher than it’s been in at least 20 years. But the fish themselves are smaller.

Sockeye salmon play an important role in Alaska’s economy. Up to 30 million salmon are caught each year during the commercial fishing season, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game .