Subsistence fishing on the lower Yukon River is closed for both king and chum salmon. Residents who usually depend heavily on the fish are pivoting toward other ways to get meat.
Fisheries
When Yukon River chum stocks collapsed, donated fish came in from Bristol Bay
The Yukon River has seen its worst summer chum salmon run on record, and its third-worst chinook run.
Judge orders EPA to update rules for dispersants used on oil spills
Cleanup crews used dispersants in large quantities after the 1989 Exxon-Valdez oil spill and 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Southeast’s pink salmon catch could beat forecast
The region’s purse seine fleet netted nearly six million pinks in an opening in early August. That pushed the region’s total catch to around 20 million fish on the season.
Why is it so hard to find bait herring just before Juneau’s big salmon derby?
It turns out that in Canada, it’s not that they didn’t catch enough herring. It’s that they were the wrong size.
‘An ecosystem in a single creature’: Alaskans celebrate Wild Salmon Day in Kenai Peninsula
Aug. 10 is Alaska Wild Salmon Day. Gov. Bill Walker set aside the day in 2016 to honor the iconic Alaska species.
Kodiak fisherman gets $1M fine, 6-month sentence for falsifying fishing records
James Aaron Stevens admitted in a plea agreement that he lied about where he harvested over 900,000 pounds of halibut and sablefish between 2014 and 2017.
‘More hungry mouths’: Bristol Bay sockeye are abundant but getting smaller
Most fish that returned this year only spent one or two years in the ocean instead of three, but they’re also getting smaller for their age.
Crew uninjured after fishing boat sinks near Prince of Wales Island
The Coast Guard said the boat sank in 600 feet of water, but the crew was able to abandon ship in a skiff.
Chinook catch falls short in first Southeast troll opening
The kings, coho and chum that trollers are catching are smaller in size than recent averages.