Hatcheries

A suite of proposals set to go before the Board of Fisheries want to limit hatchery operations in Lower Cook Inlet.Seven proposals for the upcoming Lower…

The state is ending a Kenai Peninsula hatchery’s decades-old practice of dumping dead salmon in a glacial fjord inside Kachemak Bay State Park. Cook Inlet…

When Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled his budget proposal back in February, he also issued a directive asking departments to seek out state-owned properties…

Scientists know surprisingly little about a salmon’s life outside of their freshwater and nearshore habitats, but an ambitious study is attempting to…

What happens when wild salmon interbreed with hatchery fish?A study by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game looking at chum and pink salmon runs in…

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says its massive hatchery-wild research study will inform the conversations surrounding the rates at which hatchery…

The Alaska Board of Fisheries will host a committee meeting Friday on Alaska’s salmon hatchery program. The gathering is meant to be a forum to discuss…

Some researchers want to adopt a model similar to what salmon hatcheries use in an effort to revitalize crab and other shellfish stocks around the state.…

After about five years of work, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s hatchery-wild study is beginning to answer crucial questions: do hatchery pink…

The Alaska Board of Fisheries’ agenda was packed with hatchery issues Tuesday.Board members considered putting some issues on future agendas, but they…