Several important changes are in place for the 2025 sport fishing season with the requirement for saltwater guides to use eLogbook becoming mandatory and new management measures in place for anglers fishing the Kodiak Management Area for king salmon and rockfish....
Fishing for steelhead on the Situk River is just starting up. A few fish have been caught so far but it is still pretty slow due to the extremely low water levels and cold overnight temperatures. The forecasted rain over the...
“While the toxic seepage of the Red Chris Mine tailings dams impacts highlighted by the report are localized at this point, it is a cautionary tale. This is exactly why almost every Southeast Alaska municipality and several Tribes have called...
The all-gear catch limit for SEAK is based on measures of Chinook abundance using the abundance index output from the Pacific Salmon Commission Chinook model. Use of this model for setting the SEAK catch limit is required under Chapter 3 of...
he Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) is accepting proposed changes to the subsistence, personal use, sport, guided sport, and commercial fishing regulations for the Bristol Bay; Arctic, Yukon, Kuskokwim; Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Chignik; and Statewide finfish management areas....
"King salmon nonretention areas in the Haines, Skagway, Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan vicinity will be in effect beginning April 1 to protect wild Alaska king salmon stocks. Please see announcements for these areas for additional details."...
Because of the low TAC, the only major processor in the North region announced it was not economically feasible to open its processing plant for the season. No alternate processing arrangements were available in the region due to economic and capacity...
