More than 30 riverside communities depend on chinook and chum as a main source of protein for the winter.
"Chinook salmon"
Low salmon run forecast for Yukon River
Yukon River subsistence fishing will be closed until the return size is clearer.
Ketchikan king salmon derby canceled due to concern over wild fish stocks
It would have been the first king salmon derby in Ketchikan since 2017.
Commercial and subsistence harvesters speak out against trawler bycatch of chinook salmon
Federal fisheries data shows trawlers in the North Pacific took about a tenth of the king salmon caught by Alaska’s commercial salmon fleet last year.
In Southeast, this year’s salmon harvest fell by more than half
Adjusted for inflation, the initial salmon fishery value for 2020 is the lowest since 2006.
Fishing regulations on the Kuskokwim: Do they restrict Yup’ik culture, or preserve it?
Regulations on the Kuskokwim River are intended to keep fish populations sustainable for the future. But they can be frustrating for the Yup’ik people who’ve fished the river for generations.
Wrangell’s king salmon derby is canceled again, leaving locals longing
While most agree that protecting the salmon run up the nearby Stikine River is critical, the absence of Wrangell’s derby for the second straight year has left a king-salmon-sized hole in some hearts.
Winter salmon trolling starts slow in Southeast Alaska
From October through the end of December, winter trollers had caught only around 5,500 king salmon. That’s almost 2,000 fewer kings than last winter’s catch during the same time period.
King salmon sport fishing shut down on Southeast’s inside waters
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is shutting down sport fishing for king salmon this weekend on most of the inside waters of Southeast Alaska due to conservation concerns.
Why don’t you see people-sized salmon anymore?
While the orcas of Puget Sound are sliding toward extinction, orcas farther north have been expanding their numbers. Their burgeoning hunger for big fish may be causing the killer whales’ main prey, chinook salmon, to shrink up and down the West Coast.