On the eve of July 4 and a plethora of holiday barbecues, Alaska's commercial salmon harvest had already brought in over 14 ...

NPS Photo / T. Quinn. 2006. The world’s largest sockeye salmon run was larger than average this year, but the percentage of those fish that were harvested commercially was lower than normal, and ...

Kirstyn Sterling spends every summer fishing for salmon at the mouth of Bristol Bay in Alaska with her husband and two little kids. They’re 9 and 5, but they’ve been going on fishing boats since ...

Spawning sockeye salmon returning from Bristol Bay swim in 2013 in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve's Tazimina Lake. (Photo by D. Young/National Park Service) The number of Alaska salmon ...

After a poor showing last year, Alaska’s statewide commercial salmon harvest appears poised for a rebound, according to projections by state biologists. This year’s total salmon harvest is expected to ...

While some Alaska salmon runs remain strong, sharp declines in others are causing a crisis for numerous Western Alaska communities. Chum salmon run declines will be under the microscope during this ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing Ship Creek to sport fishing from July 3–13 after low king salmon returns, ...

Salmon spread across the deck of a fishing vessel during last summer's record season in Bristol Bay. (Hope McKenney/KUCB) The world’s largest sockeye salmon run was larger than average this year, but ...

The number of Alaska salmon harvested by commercial fishers was the third smallest since all-species records began in 1985, and the value to harvesters, when adjusted for inflation, was the lowest ...