About this episode

The episode discusses mixed feelings about reopening the Chilkat sport king salmon fishery and features reports on community events related to salmon.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Avery Ellfeldt of KHNS reports on mixed feelings about reopening the Chilkat sport king salmon fishery, KYUK's Samantha Watson on the Kuskokwim's Return of the Salmon event, and Katherine Irving adds a story from the studios of KMXT on the cost of gathering survey data. Photo: Community members enjoy a meal at the 2026 Return of the Salmon Celebration at Riverview Park in Bethel on June 13, 2026.. (MaryCait Dolan/KYUK)

People in this episode

Host: Terry Haines

Guests: Avery Ellfeldt, Samantha Watson, Katherine Irving

Topics covered

• fishing
• salmon
• community events
• sport fisheries
• survey data

Keywords

• Chilkat
• Kuskokwim
• Return of the Salmon
• salmon fishery
• survey data
• community celebration
• fishing report

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KHNS, KYUK, KMXT

Places: Chilkat, Kuskokwim, Bethel

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