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Salmon

Rowan Miller has been working on her father’s salmon seiner since she was 14. At 24, she has utilized the Alaska Commercial Fishing Loan Program to finance the purchase of her first boat, the Journeyman. Credit: Rowan Miller

Boat of the Month: Journeyman

Paul Molyneaux

NOAA Fisheries has determined that Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

NOAA declines ESA listing for Gulf of Alaska Chinook

Carli Stewart

The Little Susitna River in the Talkeetna Mountain range is a 313-mile-long river in southcentral Alaska. Photo courtesy of Michael Siluk

Groundwater plays a critical role in Southcentral Alaska salmon rivers

Margaret Bauman

Pollock trawlers operate under strict bycatch limits designed to protect Pacific salmon stocks. Shuttertsock photo.

Research continues toward automated bycatch monitoring

Margaret Bauman

University of Washington researchers are forecasting a 2026 total Bristol Bay sockeye salmon run of 41.5 million fish, with slightly larger fish than in 2025. Photo courtesy of theautumnonempire

Bristol Bay sockeye forecast drops below recent average for 2026

Margaret Bauman

In 2025, no mainstream Alaska media even mentioned the start of the 2025 salmon season, nor did Alaska Airlines participate. Photo courtesy of Alaska Fish News / Laine Welch

Copper River opener will launch Alaska’s 2026 salmon season

Laine Welch

Wild steelhead like these are among the species Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund dollars are designed to protect, with NOAA Fisheries announcing up to $99 million in grants for West Coast and Alaska conservation projects. NOAA Fisheries photo.

NOAA opens $99 million in Salmon recovery funds for West Coast and Alaska

NF Staff

Salmon harvest prediction of 125.5 million salmon is down 36 percent from 197.4 million a year ago; forecasts on retail prices still remain a wild card. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Retail prices for 2026 Alaska salmon are still a wild card

Margaret Bauman

According to MJ Jackson, in Bristol Bay, efficiency isn’t a marketing strategy; it’s how the fishery has always worked. Photo courtesy of Northline Seafoods

Low-carbon messaging that actually makes sense on the dock

Carli Stewart

Turning the former tuna boat Anela into a salmon tender turned out to be a much bigger undertaking than Kris Mullan expected. But for Mullan, who saw the boat launched in Tacoma in 1971, it’s been a labor of love. Angel Marine photo.

Boat of the Month: Anela

Paul Molyneaux

Sorting and weighing fish on deck on the 2022 Bering Sea groundfish survey aboard the F/V Alaska Knight. Photo courtesy of Emily Markowitz/NOAA Fisheries.

Alaska lawmakers weigh trawl ban as salmon crisis fuels debate

NF Staff