“First you’re awestruck by how many birds use this area and then you look down from your boat and notice you’re completely surrounded by eelgrass,” said Tasha DiMarzio, Alaska Department of Fish and Game waterfowl biologist. “You can hardly drive your boat through...
Potentially devastating story out of Homer, as a Texas family of four is missing after the boat they were on sank off the Homer coast. Four other passengers were rescued. Here’s more from the Anchorage Daily News: A relative identified the...
The daily bag and possession limit is three salmon (except for king salmon) per day and in possession, of which only two per day may be coho (silver) salmon during the youth-only fishery. All other sport fishing regulations remain in effect...
“Since the (Tokyo) Games, I gained a new sense of confidence in myself; not like a cocky confidence but a sense of, ‘I can roll with these guys. I can compete and trust my training plan.’ And so I started seeing...
The department attempts to closely manage this population within a narrow range, with an objective of 360 adult bison. Based on survey results, the population cannot sustain the planned harvest, without dropping well below the post-hunt objective. Therefore, the department has...
The 2024 king salmon run to the Copper River is unlikely to achieve the lower bound of the escapement goal based on inseason indicators and projected harvest. Inseason abundance estimates from the Native Village of Eyak mark-recapture project indicate that the...
“Increasing the bag and possession limits for sockeye salmon allows anglers an opportunity to harvest additional sockeye salmon on what is shaping up to be a strong run” stated Area Management Biologist Phill Stacey....
Last month, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced a positive 90-day finding on a petition to list Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon as threatened per the Endangered Species Act. Among some in the fisheries’ industry opposed to the petition is the...
