In a significant victory for Alaska’s salmon fishery, U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason has upheld the National Marine ...

The last stock assessment of salmon sharks in Alaska, and others like Pacific spiny dogfish, Pacific sleeper shark, was released in 2022 and the next one won’t be completed until 2026.

Alaska officials blamed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for opening up fishing prematurely, before salmon had begun their migration upstream, and with an “apparent lack of concern” for the ...

There are five kinds of salmon in Alaska: Chinook, sockeye, chum, coho and pink. ... as a result, state and federal fishery managers have closed chum fishing on the Yukon.

A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations—and who gets access to them. By Max Graham/Grist Published Dec 25, 2023 11:00 AM EST This story was ...

As salmon disappear, a battle over Alaska Native fishing rights heats up A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations — and who gets access to them.