Results from August 2020 Fleet Survey

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A survey was disbursed by BBRSDA between August 19, 2020 and September 6, 2020 in an email to members and in Facebook posts. 

Eighty-one people responded to this survey, sixty-seven of which were drift permit holders, the other respondents were crewmembers or setnet permit holders. The drift permit holder respondents represent only 3.6% of the drift fleet. Being such a small sample these results are not conclusive of the entire fleet.

Thank you to those who participated and to those who did not, we encourage your participation in future outreach so we may better understand fleet priorities.

Survey Results

Join the virtual Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Celebration 2020

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Join the virtual Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Celebration 2020

Next week kicks off the annual Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Celebration! Join Bristol Bay advocates September 14th-17th to celebrate with some of the most prominent national supporters and champions for the Bay, including James Beard award winning Chefs Tom Douglas Restaurants and Chef Tom Colicchio, Dave Matthews Band's Stefan Lessard, and members of the Alaska delegation.

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Survey: 2020 Ex-vessel Price, Pebble Mine & BBRSDA

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Please take 5 minutes to share your thoughts. This purpose of this survey is to collect fleet input around the following topics:

  • Ideas in response to the 2020 ex-vessel price

  • The proposed Pebble Mine

  • BRSDA activities

Feedback from the portion of the survey relating to 2020 ex-vessel price will be used to guide topics addressed in the upcoming Fleet Webinar on August 26th, 5:30 AKT. LINK to webinar agenda.

Don’t miss the updated market and fishery value information on BBRSDA’s Market and Value Info page. LINK.

BBRSDA Statement on Market Conditions

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BBRSDA Statement on Market Conditions

The 2020 Bristol Bay salmon season has been extremely different than any other season in the fishery’s long history. After enduring a lot of challenges, the sockeye finally showed up and the industry achieved its goal of having a safe and successful season. We should all recognize and celebrate this accomplishment, as things have gone differently in many other fisheries and economic sectors. However, the base ex-vessel price of $0.70/lb. (announced on July 22) represented a 48% decline from last year’s base ex-vessel price, and has understandably created anger and confusion among fishermen. BBRSDA’s Board and staff members have been busy gathering input from many fishermen, as well as processing companies.

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