Weak king salmon return prompts Kenai Peninsula fishing closures
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Ninilchik, Alaska, United States |
A poor return of king salmon on the Anchor River will shut down all sport fishing on the Anchor and Ninilchik rivers and Deep Creek drainages beginning Saturday morning, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced Thursday.
Drawing of Ocean Phase Chinook (king) salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
By US government - Page 4 of U.S. Government Printing Office Pamphlet 1996-792-501: Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder, Public Domain