Alaska Outdoor Digest

The source for important, timely news on hunting, fishing and the outdoors in Alaska.

Board of Fish rejects change in allocation criteria
The Alaska Board of Fisheries rejected a proposal from the Kenai River Sport Fishing Association to give more priority for non-commercial fishermen in allocating fish among Alaska user groups. The board voted 5-2 against Proposal 171 along pretty much historic commercial-sport fishing lines.  A more detailed recap of the... Read more
Tuesday ASFA meeting features rockfish seminar
May 8 will be the last meeting of the Alaska Sport Fishing Association, 6:30 p.m. at the Anchorage Cabela’s. Join Jay Baumer, Anchorage, Prince William Sound, and North Gulf Coast Area Management Biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. This free event is open to the public and... Read more
Rockfish deep water release, limits coming for SE
As Board of Fish testimony continues in Sitka this week, the focus shifts to new rules for rockfish. The tasty bottom fish have received dramatically more fishing pressure in the past decade as tighter limits on charter halibut and salmon have sent fishermen looking for new options. Rockfish are... Read more
Pan-seared halibut with grapefruit avocado salsa
By Lee Leschper We love finding new recipes that make a star of our favorite catches from the Alaska summer. This is one, borrowed from Julia Levy, on Real Simple.  She sadly offered this for tilapia, a fish no Alaskan would eat. But we’ve used it this week both... Read more