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VALDEZ — The silver salmon derby leaders are changing almost daily. Jason Galbraith of Edgewood, New Mexico, caught an ...
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The department is also forecasting increases in other species: 10.8 million more sockeye, also known as red salmon; 544,000 more coho salmon, also known as silver salmon; and 876,000 more chum salmon.
Now, a new study has borne out those observations on a huge scale, documenting body size declines in fish across the entire state of Alaska in four different species of salmon: chinook, sockeye ...
The freshwater world-record king salmon - 97 pounds, 4 ounces - was caught in the Kenai River in 1985.August: Now the silver (coho) salmon run begins. "Those are my favorites," Chadwick said.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game technician Kalli Brettrager takes measurements and scale samples of the lone silver salmon caught in a test net near Emmonak on August 10, 2021.
Aug. 4—Jeremy Salvador was all smiles on Tuesday as he processed three silver salmon at the cleaning table at Anchorage's Ship Creek Bridge. Salvador has been reaching his limit of three silvers ...
Bowers said the size of Alaska’s 2024 salmon harvest should be kept in perspective, even if the numbers “are seen as a shock to many folks.” Big harvests have been common in recent years, he ...