Ship Creek in Anchorage will be closed to sport fishing for two weeks to support salmon stock sustainability at a local hatchery.
Chum returns are the lowest on record, leaving communities with empty freezers and uncertainty about getting through the winter.
Around 60 ice seals have been reported dead across northern and western Alaska this month. The cause of the strandings and deaths is not known.
The Division of Marine Fisheries is analyzing the clams and expects to have preliminary results in the coming days that might point to a cause.
Weak returns forced the latest restriction. Good news: Sockeye fishing at the Russian River is forecast to be good.
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