In communities all over Alaska, like the tiny community of Pelican, fishing for king salmon is a key economic driver and a cultural mainstay.Credit...Nathaniel Wilder for The New York Times ...

For example, sockeye salmon have seen record numbers in certain rivers, while Chinook (king salmon ... but enforcement is difficult. The fate of Alaska’s salmon is tied to decisions made ...

It’s a recipe for disaster that has Southeast Alaska’s troll fishery caught at the heart of a legal showdown that could potentially stop the king salmon harvest in an effort to help the ...

A commentary author writes that in the 1990s, king and chum salmon were abundant. Today, that way of life is vanishing.

or king, salmon season will start as usual next week for an industry that supports some 1,500 fishery workers in southeast Alaska. The opinion said the state and others who were part of the appeal ...

And Vincent-Lang has expressed concerns that, if the Endangered Species Act listing of Gulf of Alaska king salmon is approved, it could lead to sharp restrictions on harvests of the fish ...

“That can mean catching two to three fish to a school of 20.” Watch the video to see if Geneen and Lee catch any Alaskan king salmon.

His grandfather and parents all fished out of Southeast Alaska, harvesting the king salmon as the fish made their annual return from the Gulf of Alaska to rivers in the Pacific Northwest to spawn.