Net length within Bristol Bay varies between 25 and 50 fathoms. A fathom equals six feet. The net is set near shore on land that is connected to the beach at low tide. The inside end is usually a ...

But the rising tide of salmon in Bristol Bay hasn’t lifted all boats. Since the 1970s, when Alaska began restricting fishing by doling out sellable permits to those who had historically ...

(gentle music) Well, we're on the beach of Kvichak Bay, just a few hundred yards to the northeast of the mouth of the Naknek River. We experience very large tides here in Bristol Bay, some that ...