
Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Bristol Bay Management Area
Recorded Announcements: | |
Eastside Fisheries: (907) 246-INFO (4636) | Westside Fisheries: (907) 842-5226 |
Fishery Advisory Announcements
- BRISTOL BAY 2025 COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHING OUTLOOK (PDF 271 kB) - 3/24/25
Inseason Information
- Daily Run Summary
- Inseason Harvest Summary
- Salmon Escapement
- Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute (BBSRI) - Port Moller Test Fishery
- Bristol Bay Fisheries Collaborative (BBFC)
Harvest
Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) Data
Management
Regulations
Annual Management Reports
- 2023 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 2,497 kB)
- 2022 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 2,386 kB)
- 2021 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 2,117 kB)
- 2020 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 2,537 kB)
- 2019 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 3,491 kB)
- 2018 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 3,122 kB)
- 2017 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 1,853 kB)
- 2016 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 1,925 kB)
- 2015 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 744 kB)
- 2014 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 1,002 kB)
- 2013 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 2,067 kB)
- 2012 Bristol Bay Area Annual Management Report (PDF 2,212 kB)
Other Reports
- Nushagak River King Salmon-Stock Status and Action Plan / Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, November 29, 2022 (PDF 1,959 kB)
District Registrations
- Bristol Bay District Registration Application
- District Registration: Setnet (Green Card) (PDF 280 kB)
- District Registration: Drift Gillnet (Blue Card) (PDF 300 kB)
- Dual Drift Registration (PDF 269 kB)
- Permit Holder's Agent Authorization (PDF 150 kB)
Video
Genetics for Sustainability: Management of Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon
Forecasts
- 2025 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 203 kB)
- 2024 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 179 kB)
- 2023 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 231 kB)
- 2022 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 170 kB)
- 2021 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 398 kB)
- 2020 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 269 kB)
- 2019 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 227 kB)
- 2018 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 406 kB)
- 2017 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 268 kB)
- 2016 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 211 kB)
- 2015 Nushagak River Chinook Salmon Harvest Projection (PDF 107 kB)
- 2015 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 213 kB)
- 2014 Nushagak River Chinook Salmon Harvest Projection (PDF 109 kB)
- 2014 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 216 kB)
- 2013 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Forecast (PDF 214 kB)
- 2013 Nushagak River Chinook Salmon Harvest Projection (PDF 112 kB)
- 2012 Nushagak River Chinook Salmon Harvest Projection (PDF 123 kB)
- Statewide Salmon Forecast
Salmon Processing Capacity Surveys
Maps
Bristol Bay Salmon Statistical Area Maps
- Bristol Bay Commercial Salmon Districts, Sections, and Statistical Areas (PDF 2,996 kB)
- Egegik Commercial Salmon Fishery Management District (PDF 484 kB)
- Naknek-Kvichak Commercial Salmon Fishery Management District (PDF 839 kB)
- Nushagak Commercial Salmon Fishery Management District (PDF 252 kB)
- Togiak Commercial Salmon Fishery Management District (PDF 952 kB)
- Ugashik Commercial Salmon Fishery Management District (PDF 539 kB)
- Wood River Special Harvest Area Map (PDF 406 kB)
- ADF&G Bristol Bay Statistical Areas by District (PDF 25 kB)
Statewide Maps
Bristol Bay Salmon Escapement
Preliminary Inseason Escapement Estimates
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Sockeye Salmon Escapement Goal Ranges
1 The newly established OEG for Nushagak River adds 15% of the preseason total run forecast to the upper end of the escapement goal in years where the total run is projected to be over 2.5 million. If total run is projected to be below 2.5 million, the escapement goal reverts to an SEG of 370,000–900,000. ↩ | |
2 The newly established OEG for Wood River adds 15% of the preseason total run forecast to the upper end of the escapement goal in years where the total run is projected to be over 5 million. If total run is projected to be below 5 million, the escapement goal reverts to an SEG of 700,000–1,800,000. ↩ | |
Ugashik River | 500,000–1,400,000 |
Egegik River | 800,000–2,000,000 |
Naknek River | 800,000–2,000,000 |
Kvichak River | 2,000,000–10,000,000 |
Alagnak River | > 210,000 |
Nushagak River | 370,000–1,425,000[1] |
Wood River | 700,000–2,976,000[2] |
Igushik River | 150,000–400,000 |
Togiak River | 120,000–270,000 |
Chinook Salmon Escapement Goal Range
Nushagak River | 55,000-120,000 |