A cemetery in Naknek, Alaska, where nets and photographs of fishing adorn some of the graves. Naknek’s commercial fishing industry started in the late 1800’s. Combating COVID-19 ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game emergency order went into effect on August 24, "In favor of protecting coho salmon and future fishing opportunities." Photographed on Thursday, Sept. 19 ...

There are five kinds of salmon in Alaska: Chinook, sockeye, chum, coho and pink. ... as a result, state and federal fishery managers have closed chum fishing on the Yukon.

Summer in Soldotna, Alaska, is full of long days; July 1 is a 19-hour day and the 31st of August runs nearly 14 and a half hours. For fishing guide Andrew Chadwick, long days are just part of the job.

Brown bears in Alaska have developed a unique hunting technique when it comes to salmon -- standing on the edge of a waterfall, catching fish as they attempt to swim upstream.

Subsistence fishing provided our food security, while commercial fishing provided some income to supplement our food security needs and pay household bills. For the Lower Yukon, we have more than 600 ...

A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations—and who gets access to them. By Max Graham/Grist Published Dec 25, 2023 11:00 AM EST This story was ...

When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people in the region faced disaster. Rural families lost a critical food source. Commercial fisherfolk found themselves ...