Tag Archives: King salmon

A French chef visiting Kodiak Island holds up a freshly caught salmon. (Photo Courtesy of Joel Chenet.) Daysha Eaton/KMXT A group of French chefs have been traveling around Kodiak Island to learn about Alaska wild salmon. They have been meeting with local seafood processors in hope of sourcing king and coho salmon for import back to France where they plan …

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 …

King Salmon can cause some commercial fisheries to close early if too many are caught. (Photo by Ingrid Taylar/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT King salmon are causing some trouble for Kodiak’s trawl fleet. The problem, too many are being caught as by-catch. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is currently looking at changing the chinook prohibited species caps for the Gulf of …

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 …

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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Attention Kodiak sport fishermen: There are thousands of coho salmon headed toward Monashka Bay, and the Silver Horde could start showing up soon. "We hope that it may be a giant horde of fish," says Kodiak sportsfish biologist Donn Tracy. "The adult coho salmon returning to Monashka Bay this year from the 2011 smolt releases were just about …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …