Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon run totaled 51.6 million fish, more than a third higher than the preseason forecast of 37.9 million fish and about 7% higher than the average over the past 20 years ...

Salmon runs across Alaska have varied drastically this year depending on region and species. The Kenai River sockeye run has been strong. In Bristol Bay, commercial fishing operations have been ...

Alaska Congresswoman speaks on bycatch, sustainability and fishery management's impacts on subsistence communities. ... [salmon] run is not as poor as it is.

What makes the situation more critical is that Alaska’s Bristol Bay is the world’s last sockeye salmon run for bears like Otis, Rusch said, which she said makes it crucial to take action to ...

The story of Alaska’s salmon is more than just a tale of fish. It’s a high-stakes drama—one that pits species against species, neighbor against neighbor, and science against politics.

Carroll, the Yukon River fishery manager, is hopeful that the salmon will recover in the long run. Western Alaska’s chinook and chum crashed simultaneously around 2000, she said, but both ...

Carroll, the Yukon River fishery manager, is hopeful that the salmon will recover in the long run. Western Alaska’s chinook and chum crashed simultaneously around 2000, she said, but both ...

Alaska, though, is the outlier in the U.S. Its salmon runs are declining in some places, and its fisheries aren’t immune to problems or closures, but in terms of sheer salmon abundance, nowhere else ...

Alaska officials forecast improvements for the state’s commercial salmon harvest. Total catch is projected to be twice the size of last year’s weak harvest.

Kings are also a bellwether for all of Alaska’s salmon fishing — which accounted for 97 percent of the wild salmon caught in the United States in 2022, according to the North Pacific ...

Alaska.org, a website run by local Alaskans that provides travel information and recommendations, advises that the best time to visit in summer is from June 15 to July 15.

With few exceptions, Southcentral Alaska's coho salmon run is sluggish. Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska. Mon, August 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM UTC. 6 min read.