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Salmon

Sampling salmon in the sheep river. Prince William Sound Science Center photo.

Pacific Council approves 3 options for ocean salmon season

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Catching sockeye on a Bristol Bay drift gillnet boat. A smaller Alaska salmon harvest this year could help clear inventory and bolster ex-vessel prices for fishermen. Wesley Loy photo

As Alaska salmon season opens, Silver Bay’s CEO assesses grim times

Wesley Loy

Chinook salmon. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo/G. Ghrist.

Idea of hatchery-only chinook sports fishery meets resistance

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“The Mine,” a hallowed hook-off in the SW Afognak section of the Kodiak District, meant we’d have the first set of the salmon season. Photo by Henry Orth

From crew to captain, 21 years young pt. 2

Henry Orth

Salmon courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Commentary: Fear, legacy and Alaska's seafood industry

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Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) commissioned the McKinley Research Group to compose a research report on Alaska’s seafood industry. Photo by ASMI

Insight into the future of Alaska's seafood industry

Carli Stewart

$7 million in disaster funding for commercial fishermen, processors, and others in the fishing community after the salmon fishery’s value declined by millions between 2017 and 2020. Photo courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

$7 million to be distributed for Oregon salmon disaster relief

Carli Stewart

Effective May 30, NOAA Fisheries will manage federal Cook Inlet federal EEZ fishing zones. The crew of the F/V Trinity 2023 salmon fishing in Cook Inlet. Photo by Josh Newton from Crew Shots

NOAA to manage federal salmon fishery in parts of Cook Inlet

Carli Stewart

salmon migration Alaska USFWS Tongiak Ntl Wildlife Refuge — Salmon migration. USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge photo.

Commentary: More questions than answers on salmon

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Salmon courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

King Cove facing salmon season with grave uncertainty

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Salmon courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

New insights gleaned from old high-seas salmon surveys

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