Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery

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The Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery is one of the world’s largest and most productive wild salmon fisheries, renowned for its abundant sockeye runs and vital economic and ecological importance to southwest Alaska.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial fishery
wild salmon fishery
associatedWith Alaska salmon canning industry
Bristol Bay Native communities NERFINISHED
bodyOfWater Bering Sea NERFINISHED
North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ecosystemService provides nutrients to freshwater ecosystems
supports marine food webs
fisheryType gillnet fishery
gearType drift gillnet
set gillnet
locatedIn Alaska
Bristol Bay NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

southwest Alaska NERFINISHED
managedBy Alaska Board of Fisheries NERFINISHED
Alaska Department of Fish and Game NERFINISHED
notableFor ecological importance to Bristol Bay watershed
economic importance to Alaska
high productivity
large wild sockeye salmon runs
sustainable management practices
peakSeason July
June
primaryPort Clark’s Point NERFINISHED
Dillingham NERFINISHED
Egegik NERFINISHED
King Salmon NERFINISHED
Naknek NERFINISHED
Naknek-Kvichak District ports NERFINISHED
Togiak NERFINISHED
region Bering Sea region NERFINISHED
Bristol Bay region NERFINISHED
regulatedBy National Marine Fisheries Service NERFINISHED
season summer
supports commercial fishing jobs
recreational fishing
seafood processing industry
subsistence fishing
targetSpecies sockeye salmon
threatenedBy climate change
habitat degradation
large-scale mining proposals
usesManagementTool area closures
escapement goals
in-season management
limited entry permits
time-area openings

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Dillingham knownFor Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
Naknek, Alaska knownFor Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
Naknek knownFor Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
Egegik partOfFishery Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
this entity surface form: Bristol Bay salmon fishery
Egegik, Alaska partOfFisheryManagementArea Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
this entity surface form: Bristol Bay salmon fishery
Ugashik, Alaska fisheryAreaOf Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
this entity surface form: Bristol Bay salmon fishery
Koliganek, Alaska reliantOn Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
this entity surface form: Bristol Bay commercial fisheries
Perryville, Alaska economy Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery
this entity surface form: Bristol Bay salmon fisheries