Fish and Game estimates 46.5 million reds to return in 2016

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates that next summer’s sockeye run will number 46.5 million. That would leave room to harvest nearly 30 million, and would be the third above-average bay harvest in a row.
Fish and Game estimates that between 36 and 56 million sockeye will return to Bristol Bay next summer, another big year even if the total comes in at the low end.
Bristol Bay Area Research Biologist Chuck Brazil said the forecast can be broken down to an estimate