Regardless of the lawsuit’s outcome, though, there is broad agreement that the king salmon, also known as Chinook, are in crisis. After decades of environmental pressures like dams and pollution ...

The story of Alaska’s salmon is more than just a tale of fish. It’s a high-stakes drama—one that pits species against species, neighbor against neighbor, and science against politics.

SITKA, Alaska — Tad Fujioka always had great problem-solving skills. After studying and working as an engineer, he left the field 14 years ago to become a troll fisherman based in Sitka, Alaska.

In Alaska, this wild food, these king salmon, are so important to people’s ability to live in place, and that matters for non-Native people, but in particular, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s chinook salmon troll fishery for the summer to protect endangered ...

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, ...

KENAI, Alaska—Sockeye salmon are plentiful in the waters off this peninsula south of Anchorage, but Brent Johnson isn’t allowed to catch them. In an effort to save the king salmon, whose ...

Salmon will swim up to 300 miles to find a birth home before they spawn, and they prepare for the journey by storing up fat. The Copper River is thought to be the longest distance traveled by salmon.

Starving orcas and the fate of Alaska’s disappearing king salmon . July 19, 2023 at 1:40 pm Updated July 19, 2023 at 2:27 pm . By . Julia O'Malley. The New York Times.