A crew member aboard a Prince William Sound works with the operator vessel's skiff, which is used to maneuver the net into position. (Photo courtesy of Megan Corazza) A crew member aboard a Prince ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Biological oceanographer Sonia Batten experienced her lightbulb moment on the perils of too many salmon three years ago as she prepared a talk on the most important North Pacific ...
PHS aquaculture students release salmon fry into City Creek, about two miles outside of Petersburg. (Photo by Shelby Herbert/KFSK) School is almost out for winter vacation. But in one Petersburg ...
In the heart of winter, as the snow dumps down on my hometown of Homer and I move through the Kodiak crab season, I find myself reflecting on the critical role salmon play in our state. Alaska’s ...
After a poor showing last year, Alaska’s statewide commercial salmon harvest appears poised for a rebound, according to projections by state biologists. This year’s total salmon harvest is expected to ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - For the second time in three years, Alaskan officials will allow Prince William Sound commercial fish processors to strip valuable eggs from millions of pink salmon and throw away ...
JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Sean Parnell has asked a federal agency to buy about 1 million cases of canned pink salmon to ease a glut that has weighed down prices for Alaska fishermen this year. Parnell ...
This article was originally featured on High Country News. Every June, Serena Fitka goes home to her Yup’ik community of St. Mary’s, Alaska, near the confluence of the Yukon and Andreafsky rivers in ...
Skippers in Prince William Sound and Kodiak say this year’s harvest is one of the worst they’ve seen. Expectations were low this year for the pink salmon runs that power Prince William Sound’s ...
After a poor showing last year, Alaska’s statewide commercial salmon harvest appears poised for a rebound, according to projections by state biologists. This year’s total salmon harvest is expected to ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Biological ...