The Alaska Department of Fish & Game set the biological escapement goal (BEG) for the Situk River drainage Chinook Salmon at 730 fish three ocean years of age or older, with a range of 450-1,050 fish. Since 2010, the previous BEG goal...
As part of today’s announcement, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to open or expand more than 1,450 hunting and sport fishing opportunities across 111 stations in 32 states, including 107 national wildlife refuges and four national fish hatcheries....
Twitching jigs for salmon and steelhead that are migrating upstream has become all the rage. All the TV honks have been singing the praises of this technique for a few years now, although their ploy is to sell jigs for their...
King salmon fishing began on May 15th in the Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area (THA), where Alaska hatchery-produced king salmon are returning. We will have a creel technician on the docks starting this weekend, asking anglers about their catch and...
Just as the life cycles of Pacific salmon are interconnected with past and future generations, so too is the Gravel to Gravel Initiative one important part of the ongoing story of recovering Yukon River salmon. Set in motion at birth, the fate...
Marine boat anglers returning to Craig and Klawock may encounter ADF&G creel technicians this summer who will ask you about your fishing trip and sample your fish. To aid in our ability to sample fish you may not fillet, mutilate, or...
Across Alaska, salmon enhancement programs guide fish through the most vulnerable stages of life. Eggs are incubated in carefully controlled systems, juvenile fish are monitored as they grow and releases are timed so young salmon enter the wild when their chances...
