2024 Bristol Bay Forecasts for Sockeye Salmon and State of Climate for the N. Pacific and Bering Sea with U. Washington - FRI

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Recorded: Thursday, March 21st at 3:45 Alaska Time

A meeting for the Bristol Bay fleet: Bristol Bay's 2024 sockeye forecast is 44.9 million.  Forty-five million sockeye is a relatively strong forecast, but would be one of the smallest total sockeye returns for Bristol Bay of the last decade.  View the recording for the information that goes into the forecasts, including the current  climate conditions and predictions, as well as, salt water surveys that generate a multi-year outlook of salmon production.

  • 2024 Bristol Bay Forecast review - Chris Boatright, U.Washington - Alaska Salmon Program

  • Use of E. Bering Sea surface trawl survey data to inform Bristol Bay forecasts - Curry Cunningham, U. AK-Fairbanks - Fisheries & Ocean Sci.

  • State of the climate N. Pacific and Bering Sea - Daniel Schindler, U.Washington -  Alaska Salmon Program

  • Bristol Bay Preliminary Forecast - Daniel Schindler, U.Washington -  Alaska Salmon Program

  • Review of Data for inseason forecasting, abundance, and stock composition - Ray Hilborn, U.Washington -  Alaska Salmon Program

Written forecasts linked here
UW Alaska Salmon Programs’ 2024 Bristol Bay Forecast - LINK
ADF&G 2024 Bristol Bay Forecast - LINK
ADF&G 2024 Season Outlook - LINK