McKinley Research Group updated BBRSDA’s charts on economic data using data available from 2023 to present. Please review the charts and read the helpful narrative to understand where the fishery stands.

Today Bristol Bay groups jointly moved to intervene in a challenge by Northern Dynasty Minerals and Pebble Limited Partnership to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to protect our nation’s clean waters from the mining of the Pebble ore deposit.

The BBRSDA is organizing a webinar to discuss the latest developments in the US Seafood Market and highlighting key economic indicators. There will be opportunities for Q&A during the presentation, so we highly encourage your attendance!
Join us on May 21st from 11:00am to noon AKT via Zoom.

Members, join us in Bristol Bay!

Rep. Peltola (D-AK) introduced The Bristol Bay Protection Act — legislation that would codify the EPA’s 404(c) action vetoing the proposed Pebble Mine so that the safeguards could not be undone, except through a subsequent act of Congress.

The Copper River RSDA, alongside the BBRSDA, will launch a collaborative effort to spotlight the unique attributes of Wild Alaska Salmon throughout the summer of 2024.

May and June classes in Nakenk & Dillingham - Partial reimbursements for permit holders or their crew.

The BBRSDA is organizing a webinar to discuss the latest developments in the US Seafood Market and highlighting key economic indicators. There will be opportunities for Q&A during the presentation, so we highly encourage your attendance!
Join us on May 21st from 11:00am to noon AKT via Zoom.

Winners of the 2024 BBRSDA Board of Directors election are Peter Andrew for Seat B and Doug Elwell for Seat E.

The deadline for submitting your e-ballot is Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 11:59pm (AKT). 

Thursday, April 18 at 3pm AK time

Join us for presentations from Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists and the Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute on the 2024 Bristol Bay forecast.

BBRSDA works hard to fulfill its mission for our members, and we’ve summarized those efforts in our 2023 Annual Report to Members

This request for proposals (RFP) is open to any established RSW business, processor, entity, or organization, and is not limited to those that receive this announcement directly. Funding supports RSW apprentices.

URGENT! SIGN BY MARCH 19th! BBRSDA is asking the Agriculture Committee and other government officials to take actions to support US fishermen through revisions of the USDA Farm Bill. Because there are a lot of Bristol Bay permit holders in WA and OR and both states have representation on the Agriculture Committee, we have focused our efforts there. 

Thursday, March 21st 3:45pm AK - Bristol Bay's 2024 sockeye forecast is 44.9 million.  Forty-five million sockeye is a relatively strong forecast, but would be one of the smallest total sockeye returns for Bristol Bay of the last decade.  Join our March 21st meeting (online via Webinar) to look at the details on the information that goes into the forecasts, including the current  climate conditions and predictions, as well as, salt water surveys that generate a multi-year outlook of salmon production.

There are two open Board seats in this year’s election. A total of five members have been nominated and qualified as Board Seat Candidates. Learn more about them and see their responses to a questionnaire.

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association is pleased to announce the promotion of Lilani Dunn to Executive Director. Dunn is a seafood industry veteran with a breadth of experience within the sector. Prior to joining BBRSDA in 2020,, Dunn held staff positions with Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and Orca Bay Foods.

Port Moller Test Fishery (PMTF) gives Bristol Bay fishermen, processors, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) time to respond to suspected departures from the preseason forecasts.

UNDERCURRENT NEWS: Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association's new, part-time hire Barry Collier told Undercurrent that despite the current market challenges, he's excited to rejoin the industry