Category: Fishing

Borden. "With a surplus of fish past the counting tower on the Alagnak River, we are increasing the opportunity for anglers to harvest of sockeye salmon in the sport fishery."...

The Redoubt Bay and Lake Sockeye Salmon Management Plan provides management provisions for subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries that harvest Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon based on an optimal escapement goal of 7,000 to 25,000 fish. The plan directs ADF&G to establish a subsistence...

“A personal use dipnet fishery will be underway on the lower Susitna River beginning next Wednesday, July 13, and will be open on Saturdays and Wednesdays through the rest of July. Anderson Creek supports a small stock of coho salmon that...

The salmon donation project, Fish for Families, is an expansion of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust (ASFT) and Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association’s (ALFA) Seafood Donation Program, which was launched in March 2020 in response to COVID-19 and its impacts on Alaska’s...

"The 2022 king salmon runs throughout Cook Inlet have continued low abundance trends resulting in restrictions and closures of inriver and marine sport fisheries,” stated Area Management Biologist Colton Lipka. “ADF&G will continue to monitor the Kenai River run as it develops and...

“This year’s run has fallen behind on the projection curve, with 41,216 fish past the Portage Creek sonar through July 4,” stated Area Management Biologist Lee Borden. “With the possibility of the escapement goal not being met, we are taking a conservative approach...

The biological escapement goal on the Kasilof River is 140,000-320,000 sockeye salmon. Through July 4, 2022, a total of 120,721 sockeye salmon have passed the Kasilof River sonar site. The current escapement of sockeye salmon into the Kasilof River is proceeding at a...

An update from the Valdez Halibut Derby saw the overall leaderboard remain the same. ...