In a packed university conference room, biologist Randy Brown spoke of chinook, the fatty king of far-north salmon. “It’s more than just a fish, it’s a culture,” Brown said to the Fairbanks crowd, many of them Alaska Natives. Brown is the lead author on a paper in which he documented all the known Yukon River […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – Amid regular fishing season closures for king salmon and record low returns, Alaskan anglers and fish enthusiasts will meet tomorrow evening to discuss the recent downturn in king salmon populations on many Alaskan streams. What: Panel discussion and presentation regarding trends in Chinook salmon populations, and to see what we all might […]
Harvests of pink salmon in Alaska’s commercial fisheries have reached more than 86 million fish, bringing the total preliminary salmon catch total to date to nearly 160 million salmon. The statewide catch also includes upwards of 51 million sockeyes, 19.7 million chum, 2.5 million coho and 242,000 Chinook salmon. In Southeast Alaska, 20,732,000 of the […]
Harvesters in the Copper River fishery, braving opening day rain and temperatures in the low 40s, made 481 deliveries for the season opener on May 18, including 1,879 Chinooks and 36,066 sockeye salmon. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Cordova office said average weights for the opener were 19.9 pounds for kings and 5.2 […]