No one really knows what's causing one of Alaska's most prized catches to slowly disappear. All anyone can be sure of is that something is interfering with the annual return of Alaska's mightiest fish ...

With gillnet fishing limited to only a few days on the Kuskokwim for most of June and July, some people on the river turned to alternative ways of filling their smokehouses. In Sleetmute, Barb Carlson ...

It was a hot summer day in 2001. Governor Tony Knowles had a big decision looming on his desk back in Juneau: Whether to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling ...

Kenzie Englishoe stands by an abandoned fish wheel ounce used by her ancestors in Fort Yukon. Thursday, August 31, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) In August, MacKenzie Englishoe returned home ...

Fish wheels, like the one in this 1903 photo along the Washougal River, floated on deeper rivers with salmon runs from 1866 until they were banned in 1934. Today, they are used to catch salmon for ...