With chum salmon surging through much of Western Alaska, commercial openings are having dramatically different effects from a price spike in Kotzebue, to frustration towards managers in the upper ...

KOTZEBUE -- In an industry full of booms and busts, the Kotzebue commercial chum salmon fishery is exploding. After decades of fluctuation, including a time when the fishery all but ceased to function ...

FAIRBANKS — Although the Yukon River king salmon remain off limits to all fishermen because of weak runs on the river, chum runs have been healthy so far this year. The fall chum salmon season opened ...

FAIRBANKS — The most aggressive approach to cutting king salmon bycatch on the lower Yukon River went nowhere Friday evening, but a number of more subtle approaches remain on the table. By a unanimous ...

As the Kuskokwim River king salmon run comes to an end, the Department of Fish and Game is looking toward a commercial chum opening in the lower river Friday. But in a year with unprecedented Chinook ...

KOTZEBUE -- In an industry full of booms and busts, the Kotzebue commercial chum salmon fishery is exploding. After decades of fluctuation, including a time when the fishery all but ceased to function ...