We hear from an Alaska-based journalist about her reporting on the complex relationship between endangered orcas, Alaskan fishing communities and declining numbers of Chinook salmon.

A Washington-based conservation group filed a petition with federal regulators Wednesday, requesting that they list Alaska king salmon as an endangered species. The Wild Fish Conservancy argued in ...

SEATTLE — A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen ...

FILE - Two commercial troll fishing boats pass each other on June 2, 2020, at Mountain Point in Ketchikan, Alaska. A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, halted a lower court ruling ...

Wild Fish Conservancy has filed a lawsuit that could effectively end commercial king salmon trolling in southeast Alaska. The conservation group claimed Alaska’s salmon harvesting threatens ...

A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday partially ...

Love for wild salmon cuts through partisan politics. No food is more important to the state’s culture, diet, identity and ...

KCAW's Robert Woolsey has been following the lawsuit from Sitka, in the heart of the Southeast salmon troll fishing region, and says whether the king fishery will be closed this summer remains ...

SOLDOTNA, Alaska — A trio of anglers leaned on the edge of Jordan Carter's boat in shallow water on the Kenai River last month, victoriously enjoying a cold beverage.

Now Alaska's salmon fishing industry is in a steep downturn, pounded by the shifting global economy and hampered, some say, by Alaska's own efforts to regulate the fishing industry so all of its ...

Two commercial troll fishing boats pass each other on June 2, 2020, at Mountain Point in Ketchikan, Alaska. A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon ...