"The Tribes also want federal agencies to consider and prevent predicted impacts to Kuskokwim River rainbow smelt. Propeller wash from Donlin’s barges could kill or injure rainbow smelt, which are an important subsistence food source for people in the region and are a key prey species for salmon."...
“The Bering Sea is an ecosystem, not a pollock factory, and it’s past time it be managed that way,” said SalmonState executive director Tim Bristol. “Traditional, subsistence, small-boat and directed fishermen should not be bearing the burden of conservation for a...
In 2023, all profits from Alaskans Own seafood sales will go towards ALFA’s Fishery Conservation Network and community health and resilience programs such as ALFA’s Seafood Distribution Network. The Seafood Donation Program, now the Seafood Distribution Network, was created in 2020...
The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) adopted several proposals establishing new sport fishing regulations for Bristol Bay drainages. At the Bristol Bay Finfish meeting in November/December 2022, changes were made to sport fishing regulations in the Togiak and Naknek River drainages....
Chum salmon stocks throughout western Alaska continue to trend at or below goals for run size. The preseason forecast for Yukon River summer chum salmon is 557,000, which will be near the lower bound of the drainagewide escapement goal range of...
As has been the case the past two years, a conservative management approach is being taken to protect the 2023 king salmon run by closing sport fishing. Restricting the Tanana River king salmon sport fisheries is warranted in order to help...
From July 16 through December 31, the nonresident annual harvest limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length; any king salmon harvested from January 1 through July 15 will apply towards the one fish annual harvest limit....
This year’s tournament had 818 anglers and 273 boats that participated in the tournament. The top-place angler Gail Bilyue with a fish weighing 26.12 pounds. The unofficial results are currently showing that he will earn $62,036 in total cash prizes including the...