On Aug. 10, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game did something it hasn’t done in recent memory. It shut down both commercial and recreational king salmon fishing in Southeast Alaska. Any king salmon caught after 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 10 must be released. “It is imperative that Alaska offer relief now for these stocks,”
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