Bristol Bay is breaking records. It’s time to ensure it can break them for years to come.

Written By Mary Catharine Martin

ANCHORAGE—63,220,985 sockeye have returned to Bristol Bay’s lakes, rivers and streams this season as of July 20, breaking a record set only in 2018.

“The news today is yet more confirmation that we need permanent protections for Bristol Bay,” said SalmonState Executive Director Tim Bristol. “Almost a year ago, President Joe Biden put out a statement making clear that he knows the headwaters of the most prolific sockeye salmon run in the world is no place for a massive, open-pit mine and its toxic waste. It is time for his administration to finish what the Obama/Biden administration started and for the EPA to veto Pebble Mine.”

The previous Bristol Bay record of 62.9 million fish returning was set in 2018. Records date back to 1893.

Fish are still returning to Bristol Bay.

Mary Catharine Martin
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