While Alaskan interceptions of Canadian salmon continue, we're making incredible sacrifices to protect and rebuild our struggling salmon and steelhead runs.
B.C.’s largest salmon and steelhead runs pass through Alaskan waters on their way home. In 2021, while B.C. commercial fishing boats remained tied to the dock, fisheries in Southeast Alaska harvested over 650,000 Canadian sockeye. In 2022 over 200,000 Chinook were caught--97% of which were bound for rivers in B.C., Washington and Oregon. In 2023, over three million B.C. salmon and steelhead were killed, threatening the steelhead run to the Skeena.
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