Alaska salmon catches - A new regime?

Alaska salmon returns are down in 1997 and 1998:
Harbingers of a new regime?

HOT TOPIC! Univ. of Alaska Special Report: Where are the salmon?

Comparison of forecast and actual sockeye salmon returns to Bristol Bay in 1997 and 1998
Comparison of forecast and actual commercial salmon catch in Alaska for 1998

Link to the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery home page
Link to the ADF?G home page

News clippings and info on the 1998 returns

10/26/98 Anchorage Daily News - Scientists argue cause of underwater changes

10/9/98 The Oregonian - Salmon proposal faces hurdles

10/1/98 The Oregonian - Scientists say dam removal is key

9/30/98 Anchorage Daily News - Panel OKS disaster aid for villages

9/22/98 Anchorage Daily News - Knowles names panel to look at salmon woes

9/17/98 Associated Press - Democrat backs drawdowns of lower Snake dams; discounts breaching

9/11/98 Associated Press - Aid planned for fishermen - Feds free up disaster funds

8/30/98 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Fewer salmon seen in the Bristol Bay (scroll down for story)

8/27/98 Associated Press - Angry fishermen block channel, threaten blockade

8/25/98 Environmental News Network - What's happening on the high seas? (Real Audio 5.0 streaming audio file)

8/25/98 MSNBC - Strong salmon run

8/25/98 Associated Press - B.C. considers leasing back fish fleet

8/24/98 Associated Press - Salmon scarce, anger abundant in British Columbia fishing towns

8/21/98 Anchorage Daily News - Common ground in Kaltag; Daley, officials visit fishing village on verge of disaster

8/20/98 Associated Press - The local pink salmon catch is nearly three times the forecast harvest

8/17/98 MSNBC - Disaster relief workers come to western Alaska

8/16/98 Associated Press - Biologists doubt belugas to blame for salmon drop

8/15/98 Associated Press - Yukon chum run hopes dwindle

8/14/98 Associated Press - Anderson won't join B.C. suit against U.S. fishermen

8/12/98 Associated Press - Clark wants U.S. Fraser River fishery closed

8/10/98 Canadian Press - Salmon commission allows three-day U.S. fishery

8/10/98 Canadian Press - U.S. fishermen welcome except for Pacific salmon boats

8/9/98 Anchorage Daily News - Disrespected pinks return for devotees

8/9/98 Canadian Press - Salmon returns even lower than predicted: Pacific Salmon Commission

8/8/98 The Oregonian - More fish return to Columbia

8/6/98 Anchorage Daily News - Fall chum subsistence fishery in jeopardy

8/4/98 Associated Press - Problems show need for coastwide conservation, Streifel says

8/3/98 Environmental Network News - Sockeye decline may be natural event

8/2/98 Anchorage Daily News - Sea may not suit salmon; Experts debate ideas on cause of low runs

8/2/98 Anchorage Daily News - State OKs fishing for reds on Kenai

7/31/98 Associated Press - Alaska declares fishery disaster; Oregon coho to gain federal protection

7/31/98 Associated Press - Alaska Announces $19M Disaster Plan

7/31/98 Reuters - Alaska governor declares salmon disaster

7/31/98 Anchorage Daily News - Knowles offers disaster aid funds; Lawmakers line up behind $19 million for Western Alaska

7/30/98 Seattle Times - Scientists: Alaska's salmon bust may be Northwest bounty

7/30/98 Anchorage Daily News - More reds find river; run's still weak

7/28/98 Anchorage Daily News - Kenai salmon ban 'good possibility'

7/27/98 MSNBC - More restrictions for Kenai River fisherman

7/26/98 MSNBC - Kenai residents predict poor economy after salmon run

7/25/98 MSNBC - Commercial fisherman unhappy about Kenai River closure

7/24/98 Anchorage Daily News - Cook Inlet fishing restricted as Kenai red run proves to be 'dry'

7/21/98 Seattle Times - Another Bristol Bay bust.

7/17/98 Anchorage Daily News - Tomorrow could be the day: Biologists optimistic red run peak is near

7/16/98 Prince Rupert News - Alaska cuts back on two fisheries to spare salmon stocks

7/16/98 Anchorage Daily News - Kenai red run slow to appear: Fishermen fear crash

7/14/98 NW Fishletter #62 - Salmon Numbers adding up slowly

7/13/98 ADFG News Release - KNOWLES DISPATCHES SALMON CABINET TO WESTERN ALASKA

7/12/98 Associated Press - Wait is on for salmon in southwest Alaska

7/12/98 Anchorage Daily News - Bristol Bay bust: Double-whammy salmon flop sends shock waves far, wide

7/10/98 Yahoo Finance - Collapse seen in Alaska's Bristol Bay salmon run

7/10/98 Anchorage Daily News - Bristol Bay faces another disaster

7/9/98 Yahoo - Alaska salmon runs a 'disaster'

7/9/98 Anchorage Daily News - Y-K salmon runs at 'disaster' mark

7/8/98 Anchorage Daily News - 'Just glad to be fishing' , Boats blitz river for scant reds

7/7/98 Associated Press - Fishermen, Canneries Seek Salmon

7/7/98 Anchorage Daily News - At long last, Bristol Bay seeing reds

7/7/98 Associated Press - Salmon Woes

7/4/98 Seattle Times - Alaska salmon run having another bad year

7/?/98 Anchorage Daily News - Bristol salmon run late