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Alaska, U.S.A.
Drift net fishing boats line up to offload their catch of sockeye salmon to a tender, which will chill the salmon and rush it back to an onshore factory for processing. The fishery here is tightly managed by the Alaska Fish and Game biologists, who turn the fishing season on and off multiple times each day after a sustainable amount of fish have passed monitoring stations on rivers leading to the spawning grounds. This is the peak of the salmon run in Bristol Bay, which is the most productive wild salmon area in North America.

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Alaska, U.S.A.<br />
Drift net fishing boats line up to offload their catch of sockeye salmon to a tender, which will chill the salmon and rush it back to an onshore factory for processing. The fishery here is tightly managed by the Alaska Fish and Game biologists, who turn the fishing season on and off multiple times each day after a sustainable amount of fish have passed monitoring stations on rivers leading to the spawning grounds. This is the peak of the salmon run in Bristol Bay, which is the most productive wild salmon area in North America.