Bristol Bay sits in southwestern Alaska, due north of the Alaskan Peninsula and roughly 300 miles southwest of Anchorage. The descriptor is a catchall for the area containing the many watersheds ...

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Alaska’s Bristol Bay region is an outstanding example of America’s conservation economy, with a thriving salmon fishery that supports the equivalent of nearly 10,000 full-time jobs, $1.5 ...

Bristol Bay and the Alaska Peninsula are famous for having some of the largest brown bears in the world and is a trophy hunting mecca. Historically in Unit 9, trophy brown bear hunts are held in ...

Like Bristol Bay, southeast Alaska is home to all five species of Pacific salmon; a report from the American Fisheries Society quantified annual contributions of the Tongass and its neighboring ...

In response to COVID-19, the state of Alaska imposed restrictions on the industry, including quarantines and social distancing mandates. Salmon processors have also imposed their own rules to keep ...

In 2010, Obama declared the verdant, 52,234-square-mile area off Alaska’s southwest coast temporarily off-limits to oil and gas leasing, a protection that was set to expire in 2017.

The Conservation Fund and the Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust are working to raise $20 million by the end of 2022 to complete the deal. (The Bristol Bay Native Corporation is a partner in the effort.) ...

Bristol Bay’s spawning grounds are also seeing a boom in what sockeye are eating - zooplankton. Schindler believes it may be the "Goldilocks zone" of favorable conditions for sockeye right now.

Environmental and tribal groups also have put significant resources into the fight. The Bristol Bay Native Corp. spent $110,000 in 2012 and $20,000 in 2013, according to public records.

In the nearly 50 years since the change, the value of Bristol Bay’s fishery has grown exponentially. The fishery was valued at $2 billion dollars in 2019. But most of that revenue leaves the state.

Published Dec 16, 2014 at 6:29 PM EST Updated Mar 10, 2016 at 3:16 AM EST Dec 16, 2014 at 6:29 PM EST Updated Mar 10, 2016 at 3:16 AM EST ...