So far, the department has counted just under 37,000 fish at the Chilkat weir, well below the 10-year average of 80,000 fish. Zeiser said at this point in the season, it’s doubtful the run will hit the escapement range of 70,000 to 150,000 fish.
If Alaska expands how many pink salmon its hatcheries — such as the one in Tutka Bay — produce, will there be unintended consequences that harm Kachemak Bay?
The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife said the fish are yellow perch, which are common in the lake.
It's open season on Atlantic salmon as the public is urged to help mop up a salmon spill from an imploded net pen holding 305,000 fish at a Cooke Aquaculture fish farm near Cypress Island.
The Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams don’t include fish ladders, and so in August the Colville Tribes released 100 salmon 35 miles upstream of the two dams in an attempt to see if they would survive and spawn.
As of July 21, fishermen in Bristol Bay’s five districts had harvested just more than 42 million salmon.
Village wildlife observers worry that the unusual warmth of oceans off Alaska is causing problems throughout the ecosystem.
Tim Sands, an Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist, said he is hopeful the strong run throughout Bristol Bay will continue next year.
The sea lions have posed a long-running conundrum for wildlife officials, pitting mammals protected under federal law against protected — and valuable — fish runs.
Two popular rivers are being closed to fishing because almost no cohos are making it upstream.
As the tide ebbed down the beach outside his house Friday, Harry Rietze discovered a mysterious sea creature that one scientific paper described as a puzzling fish with soft bones.
The fish, likely former aquarium pets, have attracted the attention of invasive-species managers.
Some are concerned about the farmed Atlantic salmon coming to Alaska and bringing unwelcome competition for native species.
Weak returns forced the latest restriction. Good news: Sockeye fishing at the Russian River is forecast to be good.
Ferocious fish, not native to Canada, was netted and released in Alberni Inlet
Sweeping salmon closures and protection measures were put in place for the 2021 season to protect stocks of concern. Between 200 and 250 illegal fishing nets have been seized on the Fraser River so far this year.
Chum returns are the lowest on record, leaving communities with empty freezers and uncertainty about getting through the winter.
Swimmers have reported feeling nausea, itchy skin and irritated eyes after vising the popular lake.
Fishing businesses in Mat-Su warned that the rules could hurt the state's tourism economy.
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