Alaska Announces 2018 Southeast Chinook Salmon All Gear Harvest Limit

Under provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announces that the 2018 preseason Chinook salmon all-gear harvest limit for Southeast Alaska is 130,000 "treaty fish". This year's all-gear harvest limit is nearly 80,000 fish lower than the preseason limit available in 2017 and includes a 10% reduction in response to conservation needs for Southeast Alaska (SEAK), Transboundary River, and Northern British Columbia Chinook salmon stocks. More information about the basis for 2018 Chinook salmon conservation measures in SEAK is... READ MORE