Fish and Game announced April 1 that this year the commercial troll fishery can catch up to 92,700 treaty chinook, down 60,300 fish from last year’s preseason harvest limit of 153,000 chinook.

But king salmon landings for the winter troll fishery came in at over 40 thousand fish. Thynes said that’s higher than he’s seen in at least five years.

Southeast Alaska fishermen discovered last week that harvest limits for chinook salmon in 2025 will be almost 40% less than last year’s. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an ...