This is a developing story. Many Juneau-area waters will be closed to king salmon fishing starting Monday and remain closed until Aug. 31 due to a low projected spawning population, according to an ...

Tad Fujioka always had great problem-solving skills. After studying and working as an engineer, he left the field 14 years ago to become a troll fisherman based in Sitka, Alaska. "If you’re good at ...

Sport fishermen in Juneau may be disappointed Monday, because king salmon will largely be off limits this summer. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced an emergency closure for most ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will close Ship Creek to all sportfishing from this Saturday to mid-July to ensure the department meets its king salmon broodstock needs at the William Jack ...

A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday partially ...

A Washington-based conservation group filed a petition with federal regulators Wednesday, requesting that they list Alaska king salmon as an endangered species. The Wild Fish Conservancy argued in its ...

An emergency order requiring all king salmon caught by sportfishers in Southeast Alaska salt waters to be released unharmed between Monday and Oct. 1 was issued by the state Department of Fish and ...

This week we are coming at you from the cold waters of Alaska! Ivo and Corrado head out on a charter to fish for those lovely King Salmon around the mountains of Alaska. They are fishing around 320 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Poor king salmon returns have state biologists limiting fishing throughout Alaska and biologists have their eyes on the ocean as the problem. “We’re in a period of low ...

It took Riley Neal three and a half hours, a borrowed net, and a whole lot of grit to land the 51-pound king salmon he hooked near Angoon, Alaska on Thursday. But at only 15 years old, he’s too young ...

Editor's note: USA TODAY, with support from the Pulitzer Center, traveled to Alaska, Southern California, Florida and Maine to document climate change's effects on oceans and the people who fish in ...