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ynot

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bristol bay alaska v fraser river
« on: September 01, 2010, 04:31:19 PM »

Bristol Bay run about 40 million sockeye harvest 31 millon about 75 percent. fraser river 34million . harvest about 10 million   30 percent. alaska has about the same size run for the last 7 yrs. fraser river run all over the place in numbers. what is the reason they take more and get better results.
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Re: bristol bay alaska v fraser river
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2010, 08:21:04 PM »

I think alot of the sockeye harvested are "ranched" fish.

Do a google search on salmon ranching in Alaska.
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Re: bristol bay alaska v fraser river
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2010, 07:03:58 AM »

4 percent ranched socs in alaska, bristol bay sockeye wild.
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