“This year’s sockeye run has shown up strong and has exceeded the upper end of the escapement goal,” stated Area Management Biologist Lee Borden. “With a surplus of fish passing the sonar station at Portage Creek, we are increasing opportunity for...
“This year’s sockeye salmon run on the Wood River is anticipated to exceed the upper end of the escapement goal, therefore it is warranted to provide additional opportunity” stated Assistant Area Management Biologist Greta Hayden-Pless....
I like the activity of fishing and setting the hook.” The size of the winning halibut in the Valdez Derby has ranged from a 170-pounder caught in 2022 to the record breaking 374-pound halibut caught by Frieda Wiley in 2017. When...
“This year’s run is behind on the projection curve, with 6,240 fish counted past the Portage Creek sonar through June 24,” stated Area Management Biologist Lee Borden. “We are taking a conservative approach with this restriction to prohibit inriver sport harvest...
“King salmon fishing in the terminal harvest area of Resurrection Bay has been good for saltwater anglers. As these fish move into the fresh waters of Seward Lagoon, we want youth anglers to have more opportunity to catch king salmon, so...
The sport fishery is being managed to achieve but not exceed the 2026 sport harvest target of 43,600 king salmon. Nonresident anglers were previously limited to one king salmon annually beginning on July 1. However, due to lower than anticipated harvest,...
“Even North America’s toughest chickadee is no match for the compounding climate disruption that’s hammering the Arctic, and these birds need all the help they can get right now,” said Cooper Freeman, Alaska director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “We’re...
