National Fisherman

Salmon

Salmonfest's 2025 line-up poster.

Salmonfest brings fishermen and advocates together for Bristol Bay

Ben Hayden

Bristol Bay sockeye boat — The 2020 Alaska salmon season was conducted under strict state safeguards for covid-19. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Ex-vessel value of 2025 Bristol Bay salmon harvest rated at $215.3 M

Margaret Bauman

Purse seine fishing in Alaska. Alaska Seafood photo.

The intricacy of a seine with Bulletproof Nets

Ben Hayden

Photo courtesy of Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association

Hybrid-electric offers fuel savings for Alaska’s longline fleet

Carli Clancy

Seattle area conservation groups say they will sue the federal government over failure to protect native salmon, steelhead and orca populations from hatchery programs inthe Columbia River system. Wild Fish Conservancy photo.

Conservation groups plan lawsuit over hatcheries

Margaret Bauman

Fishmonger Brenden Katchatag at New Sagaya's seafood department in Anchorage, Alaska, shows off some of the fresh whole silver salmon from Yakutat that were selling quickly at $7.99 a pound. The price of other fillets of fresh cohos ranged from $13.95 a pound to $18.99 a pound in Anchorage and $24.99 at the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle. Margaret Bauman photo.

Alaska salmon harvests near 185 million fish

Margaret Bauman

An Atlantic Salmon Federation map showing Atlantic salmon migration routes to Greenland, where a 2018 agreement with ASF and other stakeholders has significantly reduced the take of salmon from US and Canadian rivers. ASF graphic.

Fisheries management and Greenland

Paul Molyneaux

New Sagaya's seaafood department in Anchorage was advertising five pounds of fresh silver salmon fillets for $219 delivered in Alaska and the Lower 48, and headed and gutted cohos for $7.99 a pound. Margaret Bauman photo.

Pink salmon harvests falling short in Alaska, Russia

Margaret Bauman

Nearly all Atlantic salmon consumed globally is farmed in sea cages. Shutterstock photo.

ASF supports wild fish over farmed Atlantic salmon

Margaret Bauman

Juvenile king salmon. NMFS photo.

Deadline approaches for Pacific Salmon Commission grants

Margaret Bauman

Tito Marquez at 10th & M Seafoods in Anchorage with freshly caught Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. Margaret Bauman photo.

Alaska salmon harvest tops to 129 million fish

Margaret Bauman