Federal fishery managers have approved the first-ever mandatory caps on at-sea interception of chum salmon, a fish species critical to Indigenous communities along Alaska’s river systems. The North ...

Chum salmon in Western and Interior Alaska desperately need protection. Chum are facing significant pressures, contributing to a serious crisis for the species and subsistence fishing communities.

Volunteers count summer-run chum between August 15 and October 15, when the fish travel up waterways like Union River from Hood Canal. The average number of summer chum returning since 2016 is four ...

Federal fishery managers have approved the first-ever mandatory caps on at-sea interception of chum salmon, a fish species critical to Indigenous communities along Alaska’s river systems. The North ...