HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, a longtime fisherman from this Kenai Peninsula town, stood at the city dock watching his catch come ashore. Crew members aboard Laukitis’ boat, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salmon dries in Quinhagak, Alaska, in July 2023. (Photo by Alice Bailey/University of Alaska Fairbanks) Salmon dries in Quinhagak, ...

The lower numbers — the catch is predicted to drop by more than a third — are driven by an off-year for pink salmon.

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Unalaska brings in more fish than anywhere in America. All of it is for export. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s worried new U.S. tariffs will damage some of Alaska’s biggest industries, especially ...

Alaska Rainbow Lodge on Bristol Bay provides access to remote rivers where salmon stack up. Jon Whittle During a visit to Ketchikan a few years ago, we heard rumors of orcas huddled in a nearby cove, ...

Alaska has issued updated fishing regulations for 2026, including changes for Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim finfish and South Alaska Peninsula Pacific cod, building on 2025 adjustments to salmon, shellfish, ...

POINT COUVERDEN, Alaska -- Five people are missing after a fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden, Alaska, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A 50-foot fishing boat named Wind Walker sent out a ...

I first heard about arctic grayling from an episode of the television fishing show, Babe Winkelman's Good Fishing when I was a kid. Those gorgeous fish with the impossibly large dorsal fins seemed so ...

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That's according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024. Seafood harvesting jobs — which ...

HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, a longtime fisherman from this Kenai Peninsula town, stood at the city dock watching his catch come ashore. Crew members aboard Laukitis’ boat, ...