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Southeast Alaska trollers will get a fourth summer opener beginning just after midnight Thursday, with 5,400 treaty Chinook available, the A...

• The Southeast Alaska summer troll fishery will see a third opener beginning just after midnight tonight, with about 6,800 treaty Chinook ...

Two trollers at work. Pacific Fishing magazine archival photo The second summer Chinook opener for Southeast Alaska trollers will begin just...

• The Bristol Bay salmon harvest stands at nearly 38 million fish, with daily catches now appearing to slow significantly. Deckboss still ha...

Here's a quick update as the Alaska salmon season continues to unfold. • The statewide commercial catch now exceeds 2.8 million salmon, ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game today announced a preseason troll treaty harvest allocation for 2025 of 92,700 Chinook salmon , down ...

The federal government has released documents that could put an end to the Wild Fish Conservancy's lawsuit challenging the Southeast Al...

Southeast Alaska trollers are getting a shot at 4,000 additional treaty Chinook salmon. A 10-day fishery opens after midnight tonight, with ...

Here are a few interesting items as the salmon season steams ahead. • The statewide commercial salmon harvest stands at just over 70 million...

The summer troll fishery will open July 1 targeting 64,700 treaty Chinook salmon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today . T...

The Alaska Trollers Association has posted an update .

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game today announced a preseason troll treaty harvest allocation for 2024 of 153,000 Chinook salmon , up 3...

The National Marine Fisheries Service is grinding through a tedious process that, once complete, could form a bulwark against the lawsuit a...

The first opener of the Southeast Alaska summer troll fishery closes at midnight tonight , with the fleet expected to reach the full quota o...

Southeast Alaska salmon trollers will go after 74,800 treaty Chinook starting July 1.

For important updates, revisit our May 2 post on the Wild Fish Conservancy court case, which is threatening to shut down this summer's ...

A Seattle federal judge today issued a two-page order that would appear to close this summer's Southeast Alaska Chinook salmon troll fi...

The state today announced a commercial troll treaty harvest allocation for 2023 of 149,100 Chinook salmon, which is 44,100 fish below last ...

The Wild Fish Conservancy has filed this nine-page response to the Alaska congressional delegation's  amici curiae brief . Conservancy...

Alaska's congressional delegation has filed this amici curiae brief arguing against any shutdown of the Southeast Alaska salmon troll f...