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Alaska is about to get thousands of miles of new salmon habitat — and how we manage that habitat will have long term implications for the salmon that find it.

Ketchikan, Alaska news. Southeast Alaska news, Alaska news, national and world news.

State biologists are projecting a mixed bag of returns this spring and summer for Southcentral’s popular sockeye salmon fisheries. Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials on Feb. 7 issued a forecast estimating that just less than 5 million sockeye will return to upper Cook Inlet river systems, allowing for a harvest of nearly 3 million sockeye from the region overall.

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Frigid February fishing in Alaska features crabbing from the Panhandle to the Bering Sea, followed in March by halibut, black cod and herring.

Use a spoon to break this slow-roasted salmon with fennel, citrus, and chiles into perfectly imperfect pieces.

Besides being home to 75 percent of the world's volcanos, the Pacific Ring of Fire is also responsible for 90 percent of the world's earthquakes, including the 1964 Alaska earthquake.

Where do most Alaska fishermen live? Which Alaska region is home to the most fishing boats? The answers can be found in an easy to read, colorful economic report by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for 2019-20 that includes all regions from Ketchikan to Kotzebue.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced Friday, 21 January, 2022, her office has approved disaster declarations for eight Alaska fisheries.

With roads once again coated in ice and snow, the Coast Mountain School District is cancelling a number of bus...