Pilot Station News

State and federal fisheries managers say this year's king salmon run in the Yukon River could be worse than last year's, which ranked as one of the worst runs in the past 30 years.

Most people don't know that 40 years ago Alaska pioneered the use of sonar to track salmon runs, or that state fishery managers operate 15 sonar sites on 13 rivers from Southeast to the Yukon.

Most people don't know that 40 years ago Alaska pioneered the use of sonar to track salmon runs, or that state fishery managers operate 15 sonar sites on 13 rivers from Southeast to the Yukon.

An autopsy has been ordered for a 23-year-old Pilot Station man who died when his boat - a fish tender - rolled on the Yukon River.

It appears the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will hold up its end of the bargain by getting enough Yukon River king salmon to the Canada border to satisfy obligations set forth in an international treaty.