All that the American West once was, Alaska still is ... helps explain why it is home to the world's largest sockeye salmon runs and one of North America's largest chinook, or king, salmon ...

Alaska salmon that begin their lives in hatcheries and are released to the sea as fingerlings, return home as adults and ...

The announcements describe closures for king salmon ... runs of sockeye salmon, including 3.4 million to the Kenai River and 1.1 million to the Kasilof. For more information about fishing ...