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 ...

The forecast, released earlier this month, predicts a return of 45.32 million Bristol Bay sockeye salmon next year.

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 ...

Aug. 4—Jeremy Salvador was all smiles on Tuesday as he processed three silver salmon at the cleaning table at Anchorage's Ship Creek Bridge. Salvador has been reaching his limit of three silvers ...

A fish processing worker tosses a halibut unloaded from the Oracle into a box for shipment. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, a longtime ...

Last year, Alaska and Canada set a new goal for the number of king salmon returning up the Yukon River and into Canada’s Yukon Territory. Now, fish counters show 2025 returns have again failed to meet ...

For half a century, salmon fishing has been Alaska’s biggest industry —and when the summer catch falls off, the whole state suffers. This year, the $50 million salmon harvest is the worst since 1899, ...