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...
The coho salmon bag and possession limit on the Kenai River increases to three fish by regulation beginning on September 1. This action maintains the current two fish bag and possession limit for the remainder of the coho salmon fishing season....
Based on the low number of tag recoveries, and the low number of coho salmon that have returned to the Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Inc. Macaulay Salmon Hatchery to date, a poor run of hatchery produced coho salmon is...
The Kenai Silver Salmon Derby will not take place this year after the Kenai Chamber of Commerce & Visitor's Center cited possibly low returns of coho to the Kenai River. ...
Based on survey counts, coho salmon returns to Montana Creek have failed to achieve their escapement goal in 6 of the last 7 years. Similarly, Peterson Creek coho salmon have not achieved their escapement goal in 4 of the last 7...
“Our deepest condolences are with the families, colleagues and crewmembers affected by this incident," said Capt. Joel Carse, sector commander for U.S. Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska & U.S. Arctic. "Maritime conditions in Alaska can be inherently dangerous. The U.S. Coast Guard and our partners are committed to a thorough investigation to fully understand what happened in order to prevent future tragedies like this from occurring. We...
