(Palmer) – Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is reducing the bag limit for coho salmon to one fish in all waters of the Susitna River drainage effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, August 6 through 11:59 p.m. Monday, September 30, 2024. The waters of Alexander Creek, Unit 2 (Parks Highway streams), Unit 3 (upper Susitna north […]
[dropcap][/dropcap]In the 1990s, the endangered status of the short-tailed albatross catalyzed efforts to reduce the number of birds accidentally killed as bycatch in Alaska, home to the country’s biggest fisheries. Marine fisheries scientist Ed Melvin, at Washington Sea Grant at the University of Washington, and research associate Kim Dietrich, an independent contractor, were at the […]
So how does longlining work? I wasn’t sure myself before I got on the boat other than guessing that there was probably a line and it was probably pretty long. Turns out I was right. The line used is miles long and sectioned into groups of hooks called “skates.” In each skate there are 45 […]