The number of Alaska salmon harvested by commercial fishers was the third smallest since all-species records began in 1985, and the value to harvesters, when adjusted for inflation, was the lowest ...

Measured by pounds, the total commercial harvest of Alaska salmon across all species was the third lowest on record, at about 450 million.

Nonresident anglers fishing in state and federal waters can’t retain any Chinook salmon that they catch in Southeast Alaska between July 7 and when the season ends Sept. 30, the Alaska Department of ...

That would be slightly above the most recent 10-year average of 26 million fish and substantially higher than last year’s ...

Two hatchery release sites near Petersburg will continue allowing nonresident anglers to harvest king salmon even after a broader regional closure takes effect July 7. The statewide closure announced ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts a harvest of 29 million pink salmon that’s slightly above the 10-year ...

Commentary authors Margie Brown and Mark Niver write that they see benefits to legislation to ban bottom trawling in Alaska’s state waters.

Bowers said the size of Alaska’s 2024 salmon harvest should be kept in perspective, even if the numbers “are seen as a shock to many folks.” Big harvests have been common in recent years, he ...

Measured by pounds, the total commercial harvest of Alaska salmon across all species was the third lowest on record, at about 450 million.

After a poor showing last year, Alaska’s statewide commercial salmon harvest appears poised for a rebound, according to projections by state biologists. This year’s total salmon harvest is ...