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 ...

Citing a weak coho salmon run, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said Wednesday it was halting sportfishing at Ship Creek in Anchorage through Sept. 30. The emergency order is effective 12:01 a.m ...

I live along the Yukon River, where my family has harvested salmon for countless generations. Every summer used to bring the same reassuring sight: Busy fish camps. Full smokehouses. Families coming ...

A Bristol Bay sockeye salmon "mob" gathers in August 2004 in the Wood River, which flows into the Nushagak River just north of Dillingham, the region's largest community. The Alaska Department of Fish ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor-in-chief Tom Seaman brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week. Our top story of last week was a scoop involving US-based Northline Seafoods, which plans to send a large ...