Fisheries rely on healthy habitats like wetlands, rivers, and coral reefs as important areas to grow, eat, and reproduce. These projects will restore healthy habitat for fish across the country: from planting corals to rebuild reefs in the Caribbean, to reconnecting...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish is announcing that saltwaters of north Gastineau Channel near the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery previously closed by emergency order will reopen to sport fishing effective 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 19 through...
Anglers are not required to register ice fishing houses with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the Upper Copper-Upper Susitna Management Area from Wednesday, September 16, 2026 through May 31, 2027....
Coho salmon returning to Medvejie Hatchery and Deep Inlet are not expected to meet broodstock goals in 2026. To date, no coho salmon have been collected for broodstock while 2,250 are needed. This closure is necessary to attempt to provide enough...
Over the course of the summer, close to 30 weekly winners took home prizes in the Valdez Halibut Derby and more than 40 anglers took home daily Silver Salmon Derby prizes. Valdez Fish Derbies also awarded two anglers $500 for “Big...
“The Seward Lagoon is stocked each year with coho salmon to create additional sport fishing opportunities in Resurrection Bay,” stated Assistant Area Management Biologist Donald Arthur. “Since the lagoon is a terminal stocking location with little natural reproduction and is not...
Shortly after catching his 18.80-pound salmon and taking the lead in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby, Chase Edstrom said he planned to donate the $10,000 1st place prize to “The Door” in Fairbanks if he won. This past week, Edstrom said...
