For many years, I had the privilege to live and work in the community of Sitaisaq (Brevig Mission). I loved learning about ...

In the fall of 2018, officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and their partners celebrated what they thought was a milestone: an end to the infestation of invasive northern pike in the ...

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 ...

A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations—and who gets access to them. By Max Graham/Grist Published Dec 25, 2023 11:00 AM EST This story was originally ...

Fishermen in Alaska and elsewhere are trying to bring more attention to the impacts that trawlers are having on our marine resources.

Pink salmon, the most plentiful and cheapest of the Alaska species, made up 61% of the total fish harvested and 21% of the total ex-value. The pink salmon harvest was about 14% less than expected at ...

Two chum salmon show the distinctive stripes that emerge after they enter freshwater to spawn. (Photo provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) For chum salmon, long a mainstay in ...

Spawning kokanee salmon bring waves of red to Taylor Creek and the Upper Truckee River.

Salmon and steelhead are two of the most prized gamefish in the U.S., and they’re often lumped together within angling circles and discussions. This happens because these fish are forever locked in a ...

A northern pike is seen swimming in this undated photo. Northern pike are native to much of Alaska, but not to the Southcentral region south of the Alaska Range. Illegal introductions that started in ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people ...

A northern pike is seen swimming in this undated photo. Northern pike are native to much of Alaska, but not to the Southcentral region south of the Alaska Range. Illegal introductions that started in ...