Petersburg Pilot

Chinook catch limit rebounds for Southeast

The 2026 regionwide harvest limits for Chinook salmon announced Tuesday by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game represent a rebound from the rock bottom limits set in 2025. This year, all fishermen ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Opinion: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has poached nearly 200 brown bears in three years

We expect the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Alaska Board of Game to base their wildlife management regulations on sound science. We also expect they will be transparent and honest with ...

Southeast Alaska’s treaty-determined Chinook salmon catch limit returns to normal levels

Fishers in Southeast Alaska will be allowed to harvest 205,300 Chinook salmon this year, returning to a normal total after ...
National Fisherman

Sitka Sound herring fishery opens, but low participation expected

Two new management measures adopted at the Board of Fisheries meeting in early 2025 are in effect for 2026. The maximum ...
Kodiak Daily Mirror

Bristol Bay outlook

The commercial salmon season in Bristol Bay opens June 1, according to an advisory announcement issued by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on March 23.
Alaska Public Media

Weeks after raid, Alaska wildlife center’s owner urges state to retrieve animals that were left there

An empty animal enclosure at the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center in Mosquito Lake, near Haines. It’s been three weeks since the Alaska Department of Fish and Game seized dozens of animals from a ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska officials seek emergency rule to continue bear-killing program, despite court ruling

Alaska officials are seeking emergency authorization to keep killing bears and wolves in a region in the western part of the state even though a judge ruled a week ago that the state predator control ...
Yahoo

Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye run and harvest increased this year, with fish sizes a bit bigger

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spawning male sockeye salmon is seen in July 2010 in the Wood River, part of the Bristol Bay watershed. Bristol Bay is the site ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Opinion: Billions of hatchery fish are flooding Alaska waters. At risk is the genetic strength of wild salmon stocks.

In Alaska, wild salmon have priority over hatchery salmon. By law, when hatchery salmon harm wild salmon, hatchery production must be restricted. Every year since 2019, commercial hatcheries have ...
Your Alaska Link

Anchorage residents warned about increasing moose encounters

Wildlife officials warn Anchorage residents of rising aggressive moose encounters as winter conditions worsen. People are ...
Islands on MSN

Alaska's 5 best fishing destinations, according to anglers

Alaska offers exceptional angling opportunities across rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, with destinations known for salmon ...
TravelPulse

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Alaska Fish & Game Launch Public Art Contest

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is teaming up with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game to offer a new public art contest. Called “Keep Bears Wild: Juneau Call for Artists,” the program is meant to ...