Market watchers are sensing it could be a challenging year for Bristol Bay's critical wild salmon season, largely due to the increasingly complex conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic.
For the past two years, the value of the Bristol Bay fishery has been rising, with sockeye base prices increasing 7 percent to $1.35 (€1.20) per pound in 2019. The higher price, coupled with what was the fourth-largest harvest in recorded history, pushed up the overall value of the catch to $306.5
