(Soldotna) – To protect returning king salmon the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is closing the king salmon fishery on the Kasilof River downstream of the Sterling Highway Bridge effective 12:01 a.m. Monday, July 15 through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Additionally, from the river mouth to the outlet of Tustumena Lake, only […]
Tlingit & Haida strongly opposes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) determination to further consider the Wild Fish Conservancy’s petition to list Gulf of Alaska (GOA) king salmon as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In January of 2024, the Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC), a Washington state-based conservation group, […]
(Homer) – Consistent with the Anchor River, Deep Creek, and Ninilchik River king salmon sport fishery management plan, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is prohibiting the use of bait and restricting gear to single-hook artificial lure on the Ninilchik River in the lower 2 river miles from June 21 through July 15. The intention […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) Friday released the following statement regarding the National Marine Fisheries Services’ (NMFS) determination that a listing of king salmon in the Gulf of Alaska as “threatened or endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) “may be warranted” in response to a petition filed by the Seattle-based Wild Fish Conservancy. “My […]