Salmon begin their lives in the relatively quiet waters of upstream rivers. After hatching, they make their way downstream to ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is taking emergency pre-season action to protect King Salmon. The ADF&G ...

The Bering Sea trawl sector, valued at about $2 billion, catches more chum salmon as bycatch than subsistence fishermen ...

A lack of crucial data in vast Northwestern watersheds risks "undocumented extinction" of some salmon, according to a new study from a B.C.-based environmental group.

In recent years, the U.S. market for tinned seafood has surged by billions of dollars and boutique branded cans of fish are ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

The successful audit means Alaska’s salmon fishery has managed to maintain its MSC certification for 25 years after ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has advanced a set of five alternatives for reducing chum salmon bycatch ...

This story appears in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. All that the American West once was, Alaska still is. Abounding with natural marvels and largely untouched by human ...

Alaska’s bears gather at the Brooks River in the Katmai National Park to feast on salmon and prepare for the long winter ...

If you are an avid angler – or just want to watch the bears fish for their supper – then visit Alaska during the peak salmon runs, from May to September. King salmon season begins in May and ...

On a busy day during the Alaska cruise season, Ketchikan’s population can more than triple. Known for its mountain scenery, salmon and Alaska Native heritage, the roughly 8,000-person city at the ...