As commercial salmon fishing gets under way in Southeast Alaska, projections for salmon returns are up. Troy Thynes is the regional finfish coordinator for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A crew member aboard a Prince William Sound works with the operator vessel's skiff, which is used to maneuver the net into ...

A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday partially ...

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An emergency order requiring all king salmon caught by sportfishers in Southeast Alaska salt waters to be released unharmed between Monday and Oct. 1 was issued by the state Department of Fish and ...

Fishers in Southeast Alaska will be allowed to harvest 205,300 chinook salmon this year, returning to a normal total after last year’s ultra-low harvest limit. The Southeast Alaska chinook harvest ...

The Alaska Board of Fisheries plans to meet Jan. 28 through Feb. 9 in Ketchikan to discuss proposed changes to finfish and shellfish fisheries in Southeast Alaska. Ahead of that meeting, the Upper ...

Expectations were low this year for the pink salmon runs that power Prince William Sound’s commercial fishing industry. But no one expected them to be as bad as they’ve been. With just a few weeks ...