Dillingham, Alaska – Today, the Bristol Bay fishing season formally begins, and it’s estimated that the 2023 sockeye salmon run will be more than 50 million fish. This is the first fishing season in decades that fishermen are gearing up for the first opener without the threat of the Pebble Mine—a proposed massive open pit mine at the headwaters of the Bay that would have produced up to 10.2 billion tons of waste—threatening the salmon that return each year, clean water, and health of the entire ecosystem.
June 2, 2023
Bristol Bay hails opening; forecast is 50 million red salmon, no Pebble Mine
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