ARTICLE: Fishing in Bristol Bay, Alaska
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Join greenhorn Elliott Wright as he eloquently describes the adventure of his first season in Bristol Bay during the time of COVID-19.
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Forecasts Predict Large Run in 2021
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Forecasts for the 2021 Bristol Bay sockeye run have recently been released from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) and the University of Washington’s (UW) Alaska Salmon Program.
Read MoreFishermen React to Pebble Mitigation Plan
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“Any compensatory mitigation plan based on Pebble’s incomplete and inaccurate Final Environmental Impact Statement is inherently flawed. Pebble has only been asked to mitigate for the impacts of a 20-year mine plan, which the Pebble Tapes revealed to be no more than a permitting strategy.” said Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay Director, Katherine Carscallen.
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Melanie Brown Joins BBRSDA PR/Outreach Committee
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BBRSDA is pleased to announce the addition of Melanie Brown to our PR and Outreach Committee.
Read MoreBen Blakey Joins BBRSDA's Marketing Committee
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BBRSDA is pleased to announce the addition of Ben Blakey to our Marketing Committee.
Read MorePort Moller Annual Report
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COVID and weather presented challenges for the Port Moller Test Fishery, but BBRSI and the research crews still managed to provide critical in-season information to the fleet.
Read MoreDiscounts on Safety Equipment
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Thank you Seattle Marine and LFS for offering discounts on these important safety items.
Read MoreFisheries Seminar: Changes in Salmon Size
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Join biologist Dr. Daniel Schindler as he examines changes in salmon size and what to make of these patterns.
Read MoreNicholas Dowie Joins BBRSDA Sustainability Committee
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BBRSDA is pleased to announce the addition of setnetter Nicholas Dowie to our Sustainability Committee. Dowie was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska. As a fourth generation Ekuk Beach setnet fisherman in the
Read MoreSeafood Straight from Alaska - The Sopris Sun
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Bristol Bay sockeye salmon is featured currently in King Soopers / City Market franchise stores across the state of Colorado. Bristol Bay Fishermen local to Carbondale, CO share about the salmon, the place and the Pebble Mine in this article.
Read More75% Off Insulated Ice Bags
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Seattle Tarp and the BBRSDA are offering a special discount on insulated ice bags to all Bristol Bay permit holders through the end of the year.
Read MoreMurkowski Speaks to Long-Term Protections for Bristol Bay
/In a video statement to the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) yesterday, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski framed the Pebble Mine project as being “stopped” for now and said, “We need longer-term protections for the region that can also provide enduring value for Alaskans.” Murkowski went on to say, “I plan to build on my appropriations language from last year to make sure that the Bristol Bay region remains protected. “
ADN has a summary of Senator Murkowski’s comments at the AFN Convention here.
Last weekend, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan repeatedly stated “the Pebble Mine project is dead” during a debate with challenger Al Gross. While Bristol Bay fishermen applaud the Senators for clarifying their stance on Pebble Mine recent weeks, the fact remains that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has yet to deny or issue a permit. BBRSDA and other groups opposed to the Pebble Mine will continue to monitor the situation and ensure that federal regulators follow applicable environmental law pertaining to the permitting process, and will also seek durable protections for the world’s most abundant salmon resource. We look forward to hearing more about what specific actions Alaska’s senators will take to regarding the Pebble Mine project.
BB Sockeye designs given silver awards from AIGA
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On October 10, 2020, the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) held The BIG One, their annual design competition, open to designers statewide. Silver awards were won by three Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon designs: the new marketing website, technique cards, and trade show & conference booth design.
Read MoreBB Sockeye on Seattle Kitchen
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BBRSDA’s Andy Wink and Frances Bursch joined Chefs Tom Douglas and Thierry Rautureau on the latest Seattle Kitchen podcast (16:50).
Read MoreAK Legislators Call on Dunleavy to Oppose Pebble Mine
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The letter specifically points out that the Alaska Legislature has a role in deciding whether Pebble would receive state permits and whether the State would provide lands to support Pebble’s compensatory mitigation plan (CMP)
Read MoreFishing For Adventure - The Rogotzke family brings Alaskan salmon home to Minnesota
/The Rogotzke family is featured in an article by Brian Hagenbuch in the Star Tribune.
When people hear that the Rogotzkes spend summers fishing on Alaska’s Bering Sea, they might imagine them wading the shores of remote rivers, lazily casting a fly. Not quite. “To explain it to people back home, one of the first things I tell them is that this isn’t with a fishing rod,” said Jay Rogotzke, 28, the youngest of the Rogotzke fishermen. “We’re dragging three football fields worth of net behind us.”
Results from August 2020 Fleet Survey
/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.
BBRSDA on Tradex Foods 3MMI
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BBRSDA’s Executive Director Andy Wink is featured on this week’s Tradex Foods 3 Minute Market Insight video.
Read More'Pebble Tapes' Expose Lies and a Flawed Permitting Process
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ANCHORAGE, AK – A dozen videos released by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) unequivocally confirm what Bristol Bay’s commercial fishermen and others have said all along – the proposed Pebble Mine is a lie and the permitting analysis is fatally flawed.
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