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Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon return about average this year, with higher prices paid to fishers

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The 2026 sockeye salmon run totaled 45.7 million fish, making this the first year since 2014 that the run was below 50 million, according to Fish and Game’s preliminary summary.

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    The 2026 sockeye salmon run totaled 45.7 million fish, making this the first year since 2014 that the run was below 50 million, according to Fish and Game’s preliminary summary.

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