It’s a little past 1 a.m. in Igiugig, and I’m headed down the Kvichak to a fish trap set up to catch sockeye salmon smolt. Researchers from the Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute are ...

When the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association first studied the sockeye returns there in the 1980s, the lake seemed to sustain a reasonable smolt outmigration and adult return each year.

Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Their troubles began with the rise of commercial fishing in the mid 19th century as Columbia River canneries ...

At 3-5 pounds, sockeye are the smallest salmon, yet they rival spring chinook for taste. They are abundant in Alaska and Canada, and Puget Sound has several large runs. The Columbia River is the ...

Every year, the ONA releases millions of sockeye smolt into the Okanagan channel in Penticton, British Columbia. The young salmon migrate down into Shaka Lake for one year, acting as a nursery for ...

Sockeye salmon return to the Cedar River . Oct. 20, 2023 at 6:00 am Updated Oct. 20, ... heading for saltwater as year-old smolt, not much bigger than a pen cap.

Sockeye salmon are also called red salmon, blueback or kokanee salmon and are recognized by their red color. Sockeye salmon have an average size of 5-8 pounds, ... smolt and sandlance, ...

Freshwater fishing. Fishing opened on the Kenai and Russian rivers on Wednesday, June 11. As of Tuesday evening, only one sockeye salmon had been counted at the Russian River weir.