Tenders tie up at the processor’s docks, where a tube sucks salmon out of the hold and pumps them into a room-sized vat of slush ice, where they “rest” for six to eight hours to let their muscles ...

Fifteen-year-old Riley Neal landed a 51-pound king salmon in Alaska, but missed out on prize money due to his age.

Alaska Airlines has stopped rolling out the red carpet for the opening of Alaska’s salmon season. The airline has paused a 15-year-old program that celebrates the Copper River salmon run, one of ...

Will fabled Kenai kings ever return? Before the waters of the North Pacific Ocean warmed and its population of pink salmon exploded, Alaska’s Kenai River was home to a run of giant king salmon that ...

There are 130,000 sport anglers in Southeast Alaska, Fowler said, and king salmon are the most sought after species. But this next month is not the peak of the king salmon run; it’s closer to the end ...

There are 130,000 sport anglers in Southeast Alaska, Fowler said, and king salmon are the most sought after species. But this next month is not the peak of the king salmon run; it’s closer to the end ...

The case involves a lawsuit brought by the Washington state environmental group Wild Fish Conservancy, which sued NOAA back in 2020 over the impact of the king salmon harvest in Southeast on a ...

A map shows areas in the Juneau vicinity where king salmon fishing will be banned between June 24 and Aug. 31. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game) ...

A 45.8-pound king salmon sits on ice during Petersburg’s salmon derby in 2015. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) Should Southeast Alaska have a hatchery-only king salmon sports fishery? Researchers recently ...

A 45.8-pound king sits on ice during Petersburg’s salmon derby in 2015. The community has not held a derby since 2017 because of low returns to the Stikine River and conservation measures to protect ...

From the mouth of the Yukon at the Bering Sea to the river’s headwaters in Canada, no one is fishing, the consequence of the second-lowest king salmon run on record. The worst was just a year prior, a ...

King salmon populations are dying, simultaneously affecting orcas and local Alaskan communities Chinook are vital to Alaska's economy but also to the survival of other species.