Of the 11 chinook stocks in the region, only the Chilkat River is expected to have an adequate number of chinook returning to spawn.
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3 Alaska trollers contemplate a summer without chinook
No other salmon species or commercial gear group or sport fishery – anywhere on the entire Pacific Northwest coast – is affected by the Western Washington District Court order, just commercial trolling for king salmon in Southeast Alaska.
California salmon fishing slated to shut down this year due to low stock
The measure, unseen in 14 years, would temporarily ban both commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the state.
Tribal groups petition federal government to eliminate or limit Bering Sea salmon bycatch
The tribal groups signing the petition mostly represent areas of Alaska where salmon runs have crashed or declined dramatically in recent years.
Dunleavy administration announces formation of bycatch task force
Federal bycatch data shows trawl fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska this year have caught tens of thousands of chinook salmon, millions of pounds of halibut and hundreds of thousands of crabs.
Kuskokwim River working group tackles trawler salmon bycatch
It is still a mystery to state biologists why king and chum salmon numbers are decreasing in Western Alaska. But ask any local fishermen on the Kuskokwim, and they’ll likely tell you commercial fishing trawlers in the Bering Sea are the problem.
Yukon subsistence users go to new lengths for food after massive salmon decline
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.
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.
What’s to blame for Alaska’s poor king salmon runs? Rep. Young suggests submarines.
A study published last year identified multiple climate and habitat changes that are suppressing chinook runs in Southcentral Alaska.
Kings off limits in August for non-resident anglers in Southeast
The change is aimed at keeping the region’s sport harvest of chinook within a target allocation of 37,900 fish.