What: The Alaska Center and friends have come together to celebrate the second annual Wild Salmon Day this Thursday. The holiday was established last year when Gov. Walker signed House Bill 128, designating every Aug. 10 as Alaska Wild Salmon Day. Festivities include live music by The Hannah Yoter Band, a community ride with Off […]
Alaska Wildlife troopers report an extensive operation to retrieve two undersized King Salmon that were illegally dumped overboard near a local processor in Sitka that occurred on July 2nd, the trooper dispatch revealed. According to the posting, the permit holder and operator of the commercial power troller, the Daniel G, 59-year-old Daniel P. Kayser, of […]
Alaska’s commercial salmon harvesters delivered nearly 94 million fish to processors through July 25, according to preliminary harvest data compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). That total includes some 48 million sockeyes − 37 million of which are from Bristol Bay − and nearly 30 million pinks, upwards of 15 million […]
Alaska’s wild salmon catch now exceeds 75 million fish, up from some 48 million salmon caught commercially through last week. The latest preliminary harvest figures compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) break down the catch to date to 43.5 million sockeyes, 18.7 million pinks, 12.2 million chums, 506,000 cohos and 221,000 […]