Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salmon dries in Quinhagak, Alaska, in July 2023. (Photo by Alice Bailey/University of Alaska Fairbanks) Salmon dries in Quinhagak, ...

The lower numbers — the catch is predicted to drop by more than a third — are driven by an off-year for pink salmon.

A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rescuers are searching for a 50-foot fishing vessel called the Wind Walker after the U.S. Coast Guard said it capsized in rough ...

Alaska has issued updated fishing regulations for 2026, including changes for Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim finfish and South Alaska Peninsula Pacific cod, building on 2025 adjustments to salmon, shellfish, ...

Alaska State Representative Sarah Vance has introduced the Alaska Coastal Micro-Fisheries Act, legislation that would ...

Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

Unalaska brings in more fish than anywhere in America. All of it is for export. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s worried new U.S. tariffs will damage some of Alaska’s biggest industries, especially ...

POINT COUVERDEN, Alaska -- Five people are missing after a fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden, Alaska, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A 50-foot fishing boat named Wind Walker sent out a ...

Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (Photo by James Brooks via Flickr under Creative Commons license) The fishing fleet in the Southwest Alaska town of King Cove ...