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On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report: KUAC’s Dan Bross and his story on Yukon salmon, Robert Woolsey KCAW tells of reduced Chinook bag limits, and the NTSB accepts findings of Scandies Rose report.
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report July 03, 2021
ADF & G looks ahead to summer king salmon sport fishing
Karluk Lake and River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp / USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its pre-season regulations for some sport fishing this summer. They issued emergency orders closing Monashka Creek, Monashka Bay, and the Karluk River to fishing for king salmon and limiting Ayakulik River to catch and release for kings. Area Management Biologist …
Read More »Managers forecast weak Chinook runs in Southeast
Tail of a Chinook. (Photo by Matana_and_Jes / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The next year may see some weak runs for kings in Southeast. Managers are forecasting lower than average numbers for the Chilkat, Taku, Stikine, Unuk, and King Salmon Rivers. Deputy Director of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Commercial Fisheries, Forrest Bowers, says stocks in Southeast …
Read More »As King Runs Lag, Fishers Consider Cause and Prevention
The intersection of the Sockeye run and the Chinook run. (Photo by Ingrid Taylar / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Concern over poor king salmon runs across the state drew a panel of fisheries experts together at a recent meeting in Anchorage. The event focused mainly on a better understanding of the science behind population declines. Panelists addressed the elements that play …
Read More »Dog Snatched From Animal Shelter
Chinook. Photo courtesy of Kodiak Animal Shelter ** Edit July 22, 2016: Chinook is now back at the Kodiak Animal Shelter. Kayla Desroches/KMXT A dog was snatched from the Kodiak Animal Shelter Monday afternoon. Office Assistant Kara Darling says the shelter was closed when the small dog, named Chinook, was taken. “The animal control officer was the first one that …
Read More »Kodiak Pink Run Hitting its Stride
Jay Barrett/KMXT The surge of pink salmon to rivers around Kodiak Island has picked up. A week ago the harvest was just 2,200 humpies and yesterday it was just under 300,000. Total pink harvest through Monday is 1.26-million, with an all-species harvest so far this season of 3.37-million. The sockeye catch is just about 1.6-million on a harvest of 43,000 …
Read More »Sportsfishing Around Kodiak Better Than Most Places
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Across the state anglers and biologists alike are scratching their heads and asking the same question, "where have all the king salmon gone?" For much of the state, sport fishing for the prized species, even catch and release, has been closed. Donn Tracy is the Kodiak area management biologist for the Department of Fish and Game Sportfish Division. …
Read More »In Face of Statewide Shortage, Kenai Trophy King Fishery Closed
Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kenai River trophy king salmon fishery will be shut down tomorrow (Thursday). The Alaska Department of Fish and Game made that announcement via emergency order on Tuesday. King salmon runs throughout the state have been at historic low levels all season. Earlier this week, king salmon fishing in the saltwater of Cook Inlet was closed in an …
Read More »More Restrictions on King Salmon Sportfishing
Jay Barrett/KMXT The shortage of king salmon this summer is forcing the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to enact more restrictions on their catch in various parts of the state. Effective Sunday the Chignik River drainage sport fishery for kings 20 inches and greater is restricted to catch-and-release only and the use of bait is prohibited. The king salmon …
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