From collection National Fisherman Collection
LB2012.15.13249
Line of gillnetters tied up at pier. "Idle gillnetters" "In what is fast becoming a frustrating tradition, Bristol Bay sockeye have once again embarrassed the predictive abilities of Alaska department of fish and game biologists. For at least the fourth year in a row, the fish predictors sported a margin of error of more than 20%. Thie year's 30% underproduction turned what was supposed to be a middling sort of year into the third best season on record (nearly 25 million fish were caught.)" [ref. NF 09/1982, p. 9]
