King salmon Southeast Alaska Archives

Tag: King salmon Southeast Alaska

Southeast Alaska not ready for a hatchery-only king fishery study finds

by Angela Denning, CoastAlaska | May 9, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

“One thing that has risen to the top over and over again, especially in conversations with community members, is these concerns about incidental mortality, the mortality of those unmarked fish that are released,” said study lead, Anne Beaudreau, Associate Professor for the University of Washington.

State studies the potential for hatchery-only king salmon sport fisheries in Southeast Alaska

by Angela Denning, CoastAlaska | Oct 4, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

“A lot of people are upset,” said Derek Anderson. He and his wife own a fishing lodge in Craig on Prince of Wales Island. He says the public engagement meeting in Klawock was standing room only and full of emotion – subsistence, commercial, and sport users came together. “The main voice was no, this is not a good program for Southeast Alaska, in any way, shape, or form.”