Southeast king salmon sport fishery closed through end of September

A king salmon caught successful Juneau. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)

Southeast Alaska’s king salmon athletics fishery is closed, effective Monday done nan extremity of September.

King salmon caught successful immoderate Southeast brackish waters whitethorn not beryllium kept aliases processed. They must beryllium returned to nan h2o unharmed.

The Southeast athletics fishery has already exceeded its 2024 allocation of king salmon, according to nan Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 

In an announcement online, the agency said their guidance scheme intends to debar in-season changes to athletics regulations. But nan projected extremity of play harvest for king salmon would transcend nan 2024 Alaska drawback limit arsenic outlined successful nan Pacific Salmon Treaty. 

Most of nan king athletics fishery successful Juneau was already closed earlier this summer because of debased hatchery returns. The fishery will reopen for nan wintertime play connected Oct. 1.