Sockeye or red salmon “Tens of millions of sockeye salmon have been returning to Bristol Bay every year, making it the second most abundant salmon species in Alaska, so people are most familiar ...

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game, which manages all king salmon stocks in the state, has also been one of the petition’s loudest critics. Doug Vincent-Lang is the department’s commissioner.

In Western Alaska, local communities are experiencing a marked decrease in salmon populations. The reasons for the decline remain a subject of intense debate between industry executives ...

The Biden administration says that listing numerous Alaska king salmon populations under the Endangered Species Act could be warranted, and it now plans to launch a broader scientific study to ...

(Bill Roth / ADN file) A federal fisheries agency on Thursday launched a 12-month review to determine if Alaska king salmon should be listed as an endangered or threatened species.

The department is also forecasting increases in other species: 10.8 million more sockeye, also known as red salmon; 544,000 more coho salmon, also known as silver salmon; and 876,000 more chum salmon.

A petition to list many Alaska king salmon stocks as endangered has cleared its first hurdle. As first reported by the Northern Journal, it’s mainly a bureaucratic step for the petition, from ...

King or chinook salmon. King or chinook salmon There’s a reason they're called kings. These mighty fish can grow upwards of 50 pounds and offer the fattiest and thickest fillets.