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Overview of the Bristol Bay Commercial Salmon Fishery
Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries
Oral: RC 3 tab 5 Written: RC 3 tab 2
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Synopsis • Overview of districts • Historical information on price and harvest • Management in Bristol Bay • Unique aspects of Bristol Bay
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Bristol Bay Area Commercial Salmon Fishery Management Districts
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0 30 Kilometers
Cape Menshikof
Cape Newenham
Cape Constantine
Ugashik District
Togiak Bay
Egegik District
Togiak District
Nushagak District
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Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery • Sockeye salmon: 95% of
annual harvest; 26 million avg. harvest
• Chum salmon: 4% of annual harvest; 1.1 million avg. harvest
• King and coho salmon: <1% annual harvest; 40,000 king and 92,000 coho salmon avg. harvest
• Pink salmon in even years: 460,000 avg. harvest
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Sockeye Salmon Trends Years Esc.
(millions) Harvest
(millions) $/lb. Value
(millions) Registered drift permits
2016-2018
16.9 39 $1.17 $246 1,725
2013-2015
12.0 27 $1.08 $152 1,735
2010-2012
8.8 24 $0.98 $134 1,739
2007-2009
10.5 29 $0.66 $115 1,633
2004-2006
11.7 26 $0.54 $90 1,506
2001-2003
7.2 13 $0.45 $38 1,379
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Bristol Bay Regulations • Drift and set gillnet gear
types: • Drift: 150 fathoms;
additional gear allowed for two drift permits
• Set: 50 fathoms • Drift vessels register and
48-hour transfer wait period
• Setnets register in Nushagak District
• 32 foot limit for drift vessels (proposal 30)
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Management Objectives • Escapement Goals • Harvest surplus fish • Allocations • One million fish in
24 hours • Tide by tide
management
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Management Tools • Preseason Forecasts • Port Moller Test Fishery • Genetic Stock Analysis • District Test Fisheries • Commercial Catch • Age-sex-length Data • Inriver Test Fisheries • Aerial Surveys • Tower Count Data
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Allocation
• Allocation plans for all districts except Togiak • June 1 to July 17 allocation period • Separate gear openings and differential timing
are main tools for achieving allocations • Escapement is highest priority • Naknek, Alagnak, and Wood special harvest
areas are separate from district allocation plans
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Permit Stacking • Drift permits only, all
districts except Togiak • Two permit holders must
register as dual operation • Allowed a total of 200 fathoms
of gear (proposals 23-26) • Dual permits are not allowed
when Naknek River Special Harvest Area is in use
• Set net permit stacking was allowed 2010–2012 (proposals 24 and 27)
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Special Harvest Areas
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Naknek-Kvichak District
Naknek Section
Kvichak Section
NRSHA
ARSHA
Levelock Village
Naknek River
Kvichak River
Alagnak River
Graveyard Point
King Salmon
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