From exceptionally strong to exceptionally weak runs, sockeye salmon leave scientists scratching their heads this year in Alaska.
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State issues laundry list of potential services to be shut down without budget
The shutdown could immediately cost the state more than $150 million. The biggest reason is that the state would be required to pay laid off unionized workers for leave time they’ve built up.
Ninilchik tribe sets net in Kenai River
On July 27, the Federal Subsistence Board approved the tribe’s emergency special action request to operate a community subsistence set net fishery on the Kenai.
Students across the country to get canned Bristol Bay sockeye for lunch
Thousands of cans of Bristol Bay sockeye will make their way to school lunches and other federal food programs around the country this winter as part of a USDA bailout.
Rookery’s Beau Schooler wins national seafood competition
Schooler and Rookery sous-chef Travis Hotch made crispy chips out of salmon skin, fried the collars and used salt made from salmon bones.
New processor preps for summer operations in Naknek
Fish and Game is forecasting a return of 28.8 million sockeye to the district, with 18 million available for harvest.