A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations—and who gets access to them. By Max Graham/Grist Published Dec 25, 2023 11:00 AM EST This story was originally ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the state of Alaska’s latest attempt to alter Alaska’s decades-old system of subsistence ...

The Alaska Federation of Natives expressed relief at the court’s denial, which keeps in place a unique federal protection ...

Sport fishing for wild king salmon in Southeast Alaska is now restricted to Alaskans for the rest of the summer, after state managers closed the sector due to harvest projections. However, harvesting ...

We are out here fishing in Petersburg Alaska, on the Blind River Rapids - geared up with the Stingeye Spinners targeting those big Alaskan salmon! Thanks to Alaska Life Lodges for such a great Alaskan ...

HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, a longtime fisherman from this Kenai Peninsula town, stood at the city dock watching his catch come ashore. Crew members aboard Laukitis’ boat, ...

Salmon spread across the deck of a fishing vessel during last summer's record season in Bristol Bay. (Hope McKenney/KUCB) The world’s largest sockeye salmon run was larger than average this year, but ...

There is no more salmon. That's what native Alaskan Ricko DeWilde is most concerned with these days. The cast member and segment producer on National Geographic's, "Life Below Zero: First Alaskans," ...

Sensational silvers and killer kings. Trophy-worthy trout and fantastically finned grayling. Hearty halibut and rewarding reds. It’s a lineup of Alaska’s finest fish, and these spectacular species — ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people ...