Bristol Bay set netting used to be dominated by women. When the limited entry permit system started in the 70s, it had the highest rates of women permit holders in the state – by a landslide.
One woman who’s been fishing since even before limited entry is June Ingram. Ingram has fished the same family set net site in Ekuk for over 60 years after her grandfather first came to Bristol Bay as a winter watchman for a cannery.
“He came to Ekuk in 1939 and staked this property, this site,” she said…