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Messages to the fleet
Good luck to the crew on the Fish Hawk and set netter s on coffee point. Miss you all and be safe!! From the South Dakota crew
The numbers
The total run in Bristol Bay has reached almost 6.2 million fish. Yesterday’s daily bay-wide catch was 775,000 fish, which is a quarter of the 3.2 million fish caught so far.
Daily escapement across the bay came to 660,871 fish. Total escapement is at 2.9 million.
Nushagak District
Escapement around the Nushagak District was 540,175, bringing the total to 2.3 million. The district’s total run is at 4 million fish.
The fleet in the Nushagak District caught 325,000 fish yesterday. The district now has the highest total harvest in the bay, at 1.6 million fish.
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Yesterday, Bristol Bay s total run was 4.76 million. And the daily catch hit just over 1 million for the first time this season. The total catch so far is at 2.4 million. Saturday’s escapement was 619,917 bringing the total to 2.3 million.
One year ago, Bristol Bays total run was at 1.6 million, the total catch neared a million and total escapement was around 679,000.
Nushagak District
As of 10 a.m. Sunday morning, the total run in the Nushagak District is 3.2 million.
The Nushagak fleet in the Nushagak harvested 690,000 fish yesterday, bringing the total catch for the season to 1.63 million.
Escapement for the entire district continues strong, 544,400 fish swam up the river yesterday, totaling 1.84 million so far this year.
The Nushagak’s total run is now over 1 million more than 60% of the bay’s total run so far. The river’s king run has picked up a bit, but it’s still far