Bristol Bay’s run exceeded 50 million fish for the sixth year in a row — 46% above the 20-year average — but many other parts of the state were far below their forecasts.
"silver salmon"
High school hatchery revitalizes Unalaska silver salmon population
Science teacher Steven Gregory tells his fisheries students that they are “the stewards of the river.”
With one turn of a valve, hatchery vandal kills 1,000 juvenile coho
The Sitka Sound Science Center reports losing 1,000 coho smolt in the incident, just days before they were to be released into the ocean.
Despite king salmon ban, Golden North derby officials report good numbers
Historically the derby’s heaviest fish have been kings. This year, first place will go to a silver. Derby officials plan to finalize results for the 2017 derby and announce winners on Tuesday.
Fish waste-to-compost project starting in Dillingham this month
Around this time next year, Dillingham gardeners should have access to compost made from the waste of locally caught salmon. A grant-funded project is taking off at the local landfill in August, and it will need some good fish waste to get going.