KTOO

Wild king salmon sport regulations take effect in Juneau area

The fishery opens June 15. The regulations haven’t changed much from last year, but Taku Inlet will open two weeks earlier.
Juneau Empire

Federal appeals court preserves Alaska’s two-tier system for subsistence fishing management

Alaska’s current subsistence fishing program can continue without changes, according to a Wednesday opinion by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling allows the ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...
Alaska Beacon

‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture

In Metlakatla, local leaders say their success in sustaining their fishing culture stems from the community’s unusual history ...
Alaska Public Media

Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t.

Butch Laiti is president of the Douglas Indian Association, a tribal government in Juneau. The association has purchased a fishing boat and wants to buy a commercial fishing permit for its members to ...
Juneau Empire

Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t.

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...