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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 Clancy

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

According to Alaska Fish News, the first peek at Alaska 2026 statewide salmon forecast indicates a big decline in catches. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Alaska salmon harvest projected down sharply in 2026

Laine Welch

Calif. ocean salmon fishery opens for the first time in three years. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Calif. salmon season reopens, bringing cautious optimism

NF Staff

A salmon troller, the Tempest, trolls for salmon off the coast. Photo courtesy of Susan Chambers

All gear catch limit for SEAK Chinook salmon jumps to 207,400 fish

Margaret Bauman

Fish traps on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fish traps return to the Columbia– opportunity or another fight over access?

NF Staff

Jayde Ferguson, fish pathologist at the ADF&G, is assessing Yukon River Chinook salmon heart tissue samples for the severity of Ichthyophonus parasite infections and associated disease using histology. The parasites can be seen on the computer screen, whi

Study pinpoints severity of pathogens harmful to Pacific salmon

Margaret Bauman

Ben Rich, left, and Peter Westley with invasive northern pike netted on the bank of the Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska. Photo by John Hermus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / University of Alaska Fairbanks

Warmer waters boost appetite of invasive pike for salmon

Margaret Bauman

Three proposed total allowable catch alternatives for Chinook and coho salmon during the upcoming Oregon salmon seasons. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

PFMC to host public meeting on salmon management alternatives

Margaret Bauman