The following press release is courtesy of the Homer Chamber of Commerce: Saturday the 33rd Annual Jackpot Halibut Derby came to a close, the winning fish was caught by Ashley Camp from Vancouver, British Columbia, with a 221.4 pound and 76-inch halibut. The...
The following press release is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: The Pacific Salmon Commission has announced the conclusion of negotiations between the United States and Canada on the Pacific Salmon Treaty, resulting in a new 10-year harvest...
Ducks Unlimited released its 2018 waterfowl forecast Friday morning, and Alaskan duck numbers have been on a bit of a downswing. Here’s a snippet of the report: Farther north, in the Western Boreal Forest of northern Alberta, northeastern British Columbia, and...
(Anchorage) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) would like to remind anglers the 2018 Prince William Sound sport and subsistence shrimp season closes by regulation at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, September 15, 2018. All Prince William Sound shrimp permits must...
The following press release is courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: (Seattle – September 12, 2018) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.6 million to three Northwest and Alaska tribal entities to reduce harmful diesel air emissions by replacing older...
Man unearths massive mammoth tusk in Northwest Alaska https://t.co/TGk624KCEH — (((Arlene E Reber))) Black Lives Matter (@shmoonie24) September 11, 2018 You never know what you might find while on a hunt. Case in point: The duck hunters who found a giant...
I’ve been on vacation so apologies for not posting this sooner, but congratulations are in order for 8-year-old wunderkind Axsel Hutchinson for his win in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby. Here’s the release from Valdez Fish Derbies: VALDEZ, Alaska – Just...
The following appears in the September issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: BY CHRIS COCOLES Though the smallest of salmon species, pinks appear to be taking an outsized bite of the available forage in the North Pacific and Bering Sea, and...