Yukon River King Salmon Fishing

Forrest bowers alaska department of fish and game division of commercial fishing deputy director said the department s yukon river king salmon management plan the document approved by the.
Yukon river king salmon fishing. The mighty yukon river produces some of the richest salmon in the world and the beautiful fillets you see here are regarded as the world s finest king salmon by seafood connoisseurs. This is the place where fisherwoman maxine and her family catch wild keta salmon. Yukon river fishing adfg. Welcome to alaska to the yukon river.
Fishing for king salmon on the yukon river is not for sport. Au alaska reuters alaska has banned fishing for king salmon in the yukon river this summer saying that runs could come in even lower than last year s historically low numbers amid a 10 year. That cross border journey has caused tensions especially around the harvesting of chinook salmon known as king salmon in alaska with runs half their historic size. I met with them in emmonak and went on a very special salmon fishing trip.
People put up large amounts of the migrating fish that come up the river some traveling more than a thousand miles to their spawning.