2022 Bristol Bay Price & Fleet Services Snapshot: Results are in. We surveyed Bristol Bay fishermen on processor prices and services for the 2022 season. The results are a snapshot of last season in the Bay — all self-reported from the drifters (S03T). 

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, and U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that it has approved the purchase of up to $119.5 million worth of Alaskan Sockeye and Pacific Groundfish, which will be distributed across the country through federal food assistance programs.

Read the May Waypoints newsletter for news opportunities and more.

Updates from marketing and Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon in the press.

Welcome to the 2022 BBRSDA Annual Report, BBRSDA works hard to fulfill its mission of increasing fishery value for our members, and we’ve summarized those efforts in our 2022 Annual Report to Members

BBRSDA Executive Director Andy Wink will be hosting a meeting with BBRSDA members in Astoria, OR on Friday, April 28 at 12:30pm at the Longshore & Warehouse Union Hall (491 Industry St.).

BBRSDA President Michael Jackson and Executive Director Andy Wink will be hosting a meeting with BBRSDA members in Homer, AK on Tuesday, April 25 at 6pm

Recorded webinar and slide decks available from May 4th live presentation.

BBRSDA & Tim Sands join BB Campus, SeaGrant and BBEDC for Lunch & Learn 4.11.23

2023 Winners: 
Seat C (Alaska Resident Seat): Fritz Johnson
Seat F (Open Residency): Mark Niver

Andy Wink is familiar to many as he has been at the helm of the organization as Executive Director of BBRSDA for 5 years but we realized it had been a long time since Andy had a proper introduction or the chance for us to get to know him a little better.

(SENA) provides a one-of-a-kind marketplace for reaching seafood buyers and processors in the U.S. and North American market

From Togiak/Nushagak Area Management Biologist Tim Sands

This program, called “Expanding RSW Service Capacity in Bristol Bay,” is designed to support existing RSW technicians to hire and train apprentices to help perform more maintenance and repairs to RSW systems of Bristol Bay drift boats. Grants up to $15,000 available for RSW companies to take on apprentices for the 2022 season.

The new product features an attractive window highlighting sockeye’s ruby-red color, prominent identification of the Bristol Bay origin, and a QR code which connects consumers to fishermen by bringing them to our Know Your Fisherman webpage.

Electronic ballots have been sent out to BBRSDA members for the 2023 Board of Directors election. Click “Read More” below for additional details.

The Bristol Bay Choice Award winner, Thunder’s Catch Smoked Salmon Chowder also takes the Peoples’ Choice award in Juneau.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) will meet March 10-14, 2023 in Anchorage at the Egan Civic & Convention Center. Changes to Nushagak Salmon Management Plans are on the agenda, with an eye towards conserving Chinook salmon which were labeled as a stock of concern this fall after a string of poor returns.

Three members have been nominated and qualified as Board Seat Candidates. Learn more about the candidates and see their responses to a questionnaire.