Zach Weimann, fishing on the Profishunt, took this year’s championship with a king salmon weighing in at 30.66 pounds. The ...

the Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game (ADFG) has closed sport fishing for King salmon also known as Chinook salmon. For years, access to salmon populations have been dwindling for Interior Alaska.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Department ... The following areas will also be closed for King Salmon fishing: All of the advisories mention low King Salmon numbers that have steadily ...

Sustainable fishing policies passed in the 1970s have backfired in rural Native villages, where many family-run boats have ...

Over the last ten years there has been a steady decline in hatchery-reared salmon making their mark on Alaska’s economy.

As painful as they are, we are taking restrictions today to ensure that salmon fishing continues to be a cornerstone of Alaska’s culture and economy. King salmon are a resilient species of fish.

King salmon season begins in ... Cruise lines offer fishing excursions, or you can arrange for a private or group charter in an Alaskan town like Ketchikan. If you want to see brown bears during ...

Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang’s commentary on what the Alaska Department ... on their catches of king salmon includes sport, personal use & commercial fishing, it does not mention any ...

All that the American West once was, Alaska still is ... home to the world's largest sockeye salmon runs and one of North America's largest chinook, or king, salmon runs, to say nothing of ...

Often referred to as "the Wagyu of salmon," Copper River king salmon can reach $120 per ... To reach its final destination in Alaska's Copper River, it has to swim 300 miles between glaciers.

That changed in the 1970's when a number of female pioneers, including Nancy Jerkovich, took their place aboard Alaskan commercial fishing vessels based in Gig Harbor. "Since I was 12 years old I ...