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Alaska Fishing

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• Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 17, 2026

  ADF&G closes Sitka’s Bear Cove and Deep Inlet to coho through Oct. 31

  Emergency Order 1-CO-D-29-26 shut sport fishing for coho in Bear Cove near Medvejie Hatchery and in Deep Inlet from Sept. 15 through Oct. 31 after ADF&G had collected zero of the 2,250 coho needed for broodstock.

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• Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 15, 2026

  ADF&G Bristol Bay Sept. 14: Togiak coho good-to-excellent; Wood River fair-to-good

  ADF&G’s Sept. 14 Bristol Bay sport report: Togiak River coho good to excellent through mid-to-late September, Wood River coho fair to good, and resident rainbow, Arctic char, and grayling still great to excellent on flesh and eggs.

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• Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 14, 2026

  ADF&G: Kenai coho still handing out morning/evening limits; Quartz Creek closes Sept. 15 upstream

  The Sept. 11 Northern Kenai sport report says Kenai River coho are still producing limits early and late. Quartz Creek above the Sterling Highway Bridge closes to all sport fishing Sept. 15–Oct. 31; Hidden Lake closes Sept. 15–Nov. 30. The two-coho EO stays through Nov. 30.

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• Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 10, 2026

  Alaska’s commercial salmon harvest climbs past 87 million fish

  ADF&G’s preliminary Blue Sheet statewide total is about 87.4 million salmon so far in 2026, led by pink and sockeye, with figures still updating and subject to change.

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  Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 8, 2026

  Kenai Silver Salmon Derby canceled for 2026

  Kenai’s Chamber-run Silver Salmon Derby is sitting out 2026 after organizers cited weak in-season coho data — the same week ADF&G kept the Kenai River coho bag at two fish through Nov. 30.

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  Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 8, 2026

  Seward Lagoon youth-only coho extended through Oct. 5

  ADF&G stretched the Resurrection Bay terminal coho fishery for anglers 15 and under through Oct. 5 — two fish a day, bait OK, adults may help but the kid has to hook it.

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  Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 3, 2026

  Haines salmon runs look middling — dock prices do not

  Alaska Public Media reports Haines fishermen saw mediocre 2026 salmon volume but decades-high ex-vessel prices, with sockeye cited near $3.25/lb and ADF&G saying Chilkoot and Chilkat sockeye still hit escapement goals.

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• Alaska FishingAKNews deskSeptember 1, 2026

  NMFS closes directed Pacific cod for larger hook-and-line boats in Central GOA

  Effective noon Alaska time Sept. 1, NOAA Fisheries prohibited directed Pacific cod fishing by hook-and-line catcher vessels 50 feet or longer in the Central Gulf of Alaska to protect that sector’s 2026 TAC.

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• Alaska FishingAKNews deskAugust 27, 2026

  Kenai River coho stay at two fish through November

  ADF&G emergency order 2-SS-1-49-26 keeps the Kenai River bag and possession limit for coho 16 inches or longer at two fish from Sept. 1 through Nov. 30.

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• Alaska FishingAKNews deskFebruary 9, 2026

  ADF&G closes Kenai River king salmon sport fishing for the 2026 runs

  Alaska Fish and Game shut both early- and late-run Kenai king sport fisheries, including catch-and-release, to protect a weak return.

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