The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced updated sport fishing regulations for Southeast Alaska. Resident sport anglers can harvest up to two wild king salmon a day. Nonresidents can harvest one per year, except for a three-fish window through June.
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Sport fishing for wild king salmon in Southeast Alaska is now more restricted for some people. All anglers are prohibited from harvesting wild king salmon outside of state waters, and nonresident anglers can no longer fish for wild kings in the region. State managers closed the sector because of harvest projections. The regulations went into effect July 7 and will last through the end of September.
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Red king crab commercial permit holders in Southeast Alaska will have a better chance of fishing in the coming seasons. That’s after the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved a change in management regulations that was proposed by the state department. It allows for a smaller, conservative commercial fishery when crab stocks aren’t enough to open the typical competitive fishery.
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Petersburg residents got a chance to weigh in on the planned closure of a king salmon sport fishery at a meeting last week. The hatchery-based sport fishery at Blind River Rapids won’t open this summer because of low projected returns. Those returning salmon, or broodstock, are used to raise new fish.
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Sport fishermen won’t be able to fish for king salmon at a popular slough near Petersburg this summer because of low projected returns. But anglers in boats will be able to fish for kings in the saltwater at the mouth of the slough. As KFSK’s Hannah Flor reports, some fishermen are frustrated with the plan.
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Do dissolved metals from an old Canadian mine threaten Taku River fish? A new state study says “no,” but critics aren’t so sure of the results.
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