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Unalaska Wildlife Trooper Jeremy Baum said Tucker fished illegally in Unalaska’s Reese Bay — a popular subsistence area where locals harvest mostly red salmon.
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Hope McKenney, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
Last year brought record catches of red salmon in Bristol Bay, but in the last few years along the 2,000-mile Yukon River, there are no longer enough kings or chum salmon to provide for Indigenous people who have fished them for thousands of seasons.
—Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Even the most experienced fishery biologists can’t tell a red salmon born in the Gulkana Hatchery from one that has lived its entire five-year life in the wild.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2022
Otis is standing knee deep in the glistening Brooks River, hoping to catch one of the many red salmon journeying upstream.
—Angela Owens, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
In late summer, a few months before this mossy valley will feel the sting of 40-below air, bright red salmon dart through a crystal-clear pool amid fragrant green vegetation.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2022
At the Gulkana Hatchery, a few people working for the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. raise a brood of up to 35 million red salmon each year and release them into the Gulkana River system.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2022
Working as a team, all levels of government and private industry jointly kept community Covid outbreaks down while keeping the world’s largest commercial red salmon industry going.
—Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
The most popular variety is sockeye salmon, also called red salmon because of its beautiful deep red color.
—Noma Nazish, Forbes, 26 June 2022
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Hope McKenney, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
Last year brought record catches of red salmon in Bristol Bay, but in the last few years along the 2,000-mile Yukon River, there are no longer enough kings or chum salmon to provide for Indigenous people who have fished them for thousands of seasons.
—Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Even the most experienced fishery biologists can’t tell a red salmon born in the Gulkana Hatchery from one that has lived its entire five-year life in the wild.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2022
Otis is standing knee deep in the glistening Brooks River, hoping to catch one of the many red salmon journeying upstream.
—Angela Owens, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
In late summer, a few months before this mossy valley will feel the sting of 40-below air, bright red salmon dart through a crystal-clear pool amid fragrant green vegetation.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2022
At the Gulkana Hatchery, a few people working for the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. raise a brood of up to 35 million red salmon each year and release them into the Gulkana River system.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2022
Working as a team, all levels of government and private industry jointly kept community Covid outbreaks down while keeping the world’s largest commercial red salmon industry going.
—Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
The most popular variety is sockeye salmon, also called red salmon because of its beautiful deep red color.
—Noma Nazish, Forbes, 26 June 2022
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“Red salmon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20salmon. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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