Tag: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Southeast Alaska yelloweye rockfish fishery remains shuttered in 2024

by Jack Darrell | Jan 31, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced this month that fishing for yelloweye rockfish is again prohibited in Southeast Alaska this year. Yelloweye are a popular species of rockfish but their populations declined significantly in recent decades, which has Fish and Game biologists concerned.

Despite Ukraine invasion, the U.S. and Russia are still working together to solve salmon mysteries

by Eric Stone | Mar 2, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

“For all of us to work together to understand what’s happening out there, and the way it affects our nations, is — I think it’s a pretty huge deal,” Alaska’s top salmon scientist said. “And I’d hate to see it go away.”