Commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the federal waters of Cook Inlet will resume this summer, but under new management by the federal government, according to a rule made final this week.

Alaska’s salmon season is largely over. However, commercial fishermen on the southern Kenai Peninsula are reflecting on a year marked by declining catches and higher costs. That includes first-year ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska commercial fishermen lost an estimated $16.8 million in direct revenue tied to fishing closures because of recent poor king salmon returns, according to new figures ...

The Kenai River’s personal use sockeye salmon dipnet fishery opened Thursday morning. Dipnetting will be allowed from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day until July 31. Thursday afternoon, dozens of nets could ...

Fishing for silver salmon this year in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough was the best in a long time. The Little Susitna River had its largest coho escapement since 2006, according to the Alaska ...

Amber Every (center) directs tractors pulling in a seine net holding sockeye salmon on a beach site on Thursday, July 18, 2024 near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLL) For the second year in a row, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - King salmon fisheries in major Alaska watersheds have been declared failures by the U.S. Department of Commerce, making commercial fishermen eligible for disaster relief. Acting ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sean Parnell is requesting that a federal disaster declaration be issued for Upper Cook Inlet salmon fisheries because of very weak Chinook salmon runs, which he said have ...

California regulators have decided to ban fishing for chinook salmon on the state’s rivers for a second year in a row, in effort to help the species recover from major population declines. The ...

Researchers have discovered vitamin B1 produced by microbes in rivers, findings that may offer hope for vitamin-deficient salmon populations. Oregon State University researchers have discovered ...