"Based on run timing, there are likely a few more weeks of moderate harvests remaining in Bristol Bay which may lead to a shortage of refrigerated shipping containers toward the end of the season," according to the The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) and McKinley Group's Weekly Alaska Salmon Harvest. Wednesday, JWill there be a container shortage for salmon?įollowing a peak around July 9, the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon run has remained strong, with 57 million sockeye caught through July 18. When asked how her overall experience was this year, she explained it as "steady days of good poundage. However, she added, there are still plenty of boats in the water catching for the end of the season. Grace Romayne Bodo was one of the many fisherfolk to wrap up her work on the Naknek this summer, she told IntraFish earlier this week. These percentages have improved significantly from last week's update, due primarily to data revisions that add harvests to prior weeks, the report said.Ĭoho continue to be well short of expectations, with harvests down 58 percent year to date - though there is still time for a recovery.ĪDF&G reported they will be wrapping up announcements soon for the Bristol Bay sockeye season, with over 58 million fish harvested, and a run over 76.5 million. In contrast, keta and Chinook salmon harvests are down year-to-date, 12 percent and 14 percent respectively.
Overall, 37 percent of the expected pink harvests have come in and there are a couple weeks until the traditional peak. Pink salmon harvests are up 70 percent compared to this week in 2020 due to a couple weeks of great fishing Prince William Sound, the report said. Keta and pink salmon make up the bulk of the remaining salmon harvests.
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