The real dangers remain 'habitat destruction, dams, climate change, and contamination' --  SalmonState

By Elizabeth Earl

'I would think that's a good way to identify us, is as a think tank' -- Linda Kozak, chair of Alaska's new Bycatch Advisory Council

By Nick Sambides Jr.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously on Friday to close California's last commercial salmon fishery for 2023 due to poor projected returns

Bristol Bay, the supplier of more than half the world's wild sockeye salmon, is expected to see less sockeye than last year

By Nick Sambides Jr.

The migratory path the salmon take likely means that Oregon's fisheries will have issues

Droughts and warming waters over the last few years, plus water management issues, helped create the closure

The Alaska House of Representatives passed 35-1 a bill that calls on state agencies to defend against the lawsuit, which targets the Southeast Alaska troll fishery for Chinook

Recent federal science reports show only an estimated 169,767 adult fish available this year

The Wild Fish Conservancy's lawsuit argues that the federal government hasn't done enough to address the fishery's impact on southern resident killer whales' food supply

Winches were responsible for at least 125 serious injuries, including everything from amputated fingers to skull fractures, in Alaska's fishing industry between 2000 and 2020