The totals come from a preliminary recap of this year’s salmon season issued on Nov. 18 by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Only 101.2 million salmon were harvested this year, less than ...

The U.S. state of Alaska has forecast an “excellent” sockeye salmon run for the state’s Upper Cook Inlet fishery, but ...

If you are an avid angler – or just want to watch the bears fish for their supper – then visit Alaska during the peak salmon runs, from May to September. King salmon season begins in May and ...

But salmon are not the only outstanding feature of this Alaska wilderness ... the initial numbers are in keeping with those of past seasons—and increasing steadily. From Naknek, south of ...

A proposal to slash hatchery production of pink and chum salmon in Southeast Alaska was rejected by the Alaska Board of ...

With the debut of its new Frozen Alaska Pink Salmon Fillets, Wild Alaska salmon processor Circle Seafoods is betting big on ...

Other Alaskan species, like Pacific cod, king salmon and pollock have also experienced ... commercial fishing pots have returned to the water this season after officials lifted the two-year ...

Last year’s lower-than-average Bristol Bay salmon harvest likely went a long way toward long-term polarization of the drift ...

Southeast sport anglers should be able to harvest king salmon all season this year, under new regulations adopted by the ...

I talked with Northern Cook Inlet Sport Fisheries Management Biologist, Samantha Oslund on Tuesday of this week, and she ...

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...

On a busy day during the Alaska cruise season, Ketchikan’s population can more than triple. Known for its mountain scenery, salmon and Alaska Native heritage, the roughly 8,000-person city at ...