Salmon harvest was a 43% increase from 2022 and a nearly 45% decrease in value.
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Bristol Bay 2023 salmon recap – Value to fishermen down 37% of 10 year average
Sockeye harvest higher than average; chums, coho, Chinook catches below average.
Bristol Bay Town Hall meeting online Aug. 3 = markets, future options
Meeting will focus on markets, options for further actions.
Bristol Bay fishermen’s price petition – link here!
Find a link to the BBRSDA salmon price mediation petition here!
Low sockeye price at Bristol Bay stuns fishermen
Big carryovers of unsold fish from last year’s record sockeye haul are blamed for the price drop.
Zero info on salmon prices. Bristol Bay fishermen are angry, frustrated.
Bristol Bay fishermen: “It’s not a sustainable way to do business.”
Intrafish: Alaska’s secret wild salmon prices hurt everybody
Secretive nature of price setting in AK salmon fisheries strains relationships between processors and fishermen who supply them.