Federal fisheries managers have reduced the allowable incidental catch of Chinook salmon in the Bering Sea pollock fishery, in a policy change aimed at boosting returns of kings to western Alaska rivers. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s approval of the action on April 11, at its spring meeting in Anchorage, would reduce the prohibited […]
(Juneau) — Recognizing the keen interest Alaskans have in Chinook (king) salmon research being conducted throughout the state, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has released volume two of Chinook News, a newspaper intended to inform the public of work conducted in 2014 on the Chinook Salmon Research Initiative. The Winter 2015 edition […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers opened an investigation in illegal hunting and trapping on the Alaska Peninsula after receiving a tip from a concerned citizen this month. When troopers opened the investigation after the tip, they would find that 50-year-old Naknek resident Michael James had used illegal bait at one trapping location in the King Salmon area. […]