Fish and Game is extending the area that sport anglers can fish and increasing the amount they can harvest, starting Saturday (July 18). Enough king salmon have returned to the hatchery, leading to more fishing opportunity.
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It’s the first time in a few years that both residents and nonresidents can fish for hatchery king salmon in the slough’s freshwater. Anglers could be interviewed by Fish and Game staff researching there for a survey program this summer.
The City Creek release site near Petersburg is permanently discontinued as of this year. It’s now just part of the larger fishing district, which is closed to retention until mid-July.
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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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Nonresidents will be allowed to sport fish for wild king salmon in Southeast Alaska again, starting August 4. During the July closure, fishery managers saw less resident harvest. They also found anglers had been catching more hatchery salmon than expected, which leaves more wild fish available to harvest within the allocation.
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The amount of Chinook (king) salmon allocated under the Pacific Salmon Treaty is much lower this year in Southeast Alaska —almost 40 percent lower than last year— and that’s affecting all user groups.
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Several proposals headed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries next week would change how the state manages a popular run of king salmon near Petersburg.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly voted unanimously to write a letter opposing a move to add Gulf of Alaska king salmon to the Endangered Species List.
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Hatchery king salmon near Petersburg got a little extra help making it to their spawning grounds this summer. Low projected returns triggered the closure of the popular freshwater sport fishery that targets the kings. And, as KFSK’s Hannah Flor reports, the projections inspired managers to give the fish some unconventional help.
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