The Alaska Department of Fish and Game spun the cylinder on the Copper River commercial salmon fishery on Saturday hoping against hope the hammer falls on an empty cylinder. The […]
King salmon surprise
A fishing season that was to have seen the worst return of king salmon to Alaska’s Copper River since 1985 has opened with an unexpected bounty of the big fish. Despite […]
Counting big salmon
Once more the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is suggesting a lowering of the spawning goal for late-run Kenai River king salmon, the most revered fish in Alaska. The last time […]
The money fish
New economic data might make Alaskans want to think twice about cursing those fish-filled coolers soon to start passing through Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage. Tourists appear willing to pump a […]
Kenai subsistence challenged
A federal agency wants to end a tiny subsistence, gillnet salmon fishery in the Kenai River for almost the exact same reason — bycatch — that more than 43,000 Alaskans in […]
The magical $73 salmon
Alaska oil prices have now crept so low it is being reported a commercially caught king salmon is worth more than a barrel of crude oil, but 49th-state fishermen can only dream […]
