The nurseries are shallow areas along shorelines with lots of aquatic vegetation, including eelgrass, algae and kelp, which attract lots of food for the fish and provide hiding places where they can avoid predators. Typically, they are considered safe havens for...
“We monitor this hunt and the harvest very closely, and hunters have been very successful. Hunters selecting to harvest male bears rather than female bears has allowed the season to remain open as long as it has. Closing the season at...
“The Seward Lagoon is stocked annually with king salmon to provide opportunity for young anglers. Over the last couple of years, king salmon have been entering the Seward Lagoon after June 30,” stated Area Management Biologist Brittany Blain-Roth. ...
“Due to poor stream survey conditions and our inability to fully assess the amount of king salmon that are above the fishery, it is necessary to close sport fishing for the next couple of weeks to ensure we meet our broodstock...
The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge puts a playful competition spin on the bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park as they bulk up for winter hibernation. Over 150 days, the bears battle the elements – and each other – using brains...
The Redoubt Lake weir, operated by the U.S. Forest Service, was installed and operational on June 14, 2024. As of June 23, 4,385 sockeye salmon have been counted through the weir. Based on historical run timing the projected escapement for the...
As of June 23, cumulative king salmon passage at the Gulkana River counting tower is 55% below the historical average and the Miles Lake sonar counts proportion of king salmon is similar to that observed in 2021 when the lower...
The 2024 king salmon run to the Copper River is unlikely to achieve the lower bound of the escapement goal based on inseason indicators and projected harvest. Inseason abundance estimates from the Native Village of Eyak mark-recapture project indicate that the...
