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Fishing on Yukon River

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The longest river in Alaska and Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the 1896–1903 Klondike Gold Rush.
Length:3190[km]
Source :Teslin Lake
Lattitude:59.1666679382324
Longitude:-133.83332824707
Elevation:684[m]
Country:CA
State:BC
City:Pilot Station
District:Atlin
Mouth :Bering Sea
Lattitude:62.5986099243164
Longitude:-164.800003051758
Country:US
State:AK
City:Kusilvak
Fish Species  
 
Salmon, Coho  Chum Salmon
Trout, Lake  Pike, Northern
Inconnu  
   
 
Arctic Grayling  Burbot
Salmon, Chinook  Trout, Bull
King-of-the-salmon  
TributaryLat/Lon | Connected  
 
Bering Sea58.0 -178.0  Mouth  
Indian River63.7 -139.2  Inflow  
Koyukuk River66.0 -154.3  Inflow  
Porcupine River66.0 -142.4  Inflow  
Stewart River63.3 -139.4  Inflow  
Teslin Lake60.0 -132.7  Source  
TributaryLat/Lon | Connected  
 
Charley River65.0 -143.4  Inflow  
Kandik River65.9 -140.9  Inflow  
Pelly River62.6 -133.3  Inflow  
Seventy Mile River   Inflow  
Tanana River64.1 -146.9  Inflow  
Teslin River61.0 -134.1  Inflow  
Close ByLat/Lon |    
 
Baker Lake61.0 -134.1  5 km  
Narrows Lake60.0 -132.6  5 km  
Narrows Lake60.0 -132.6  5 km  
North Henderson Creek63.4 -139.3  10 km  
Quartz Creek63.8 -139.1  10 km  
Lakes and RiversLat/Lon |    
 
Boswell River61.0 -134.1  5 km  
Bull Creek66.0 -140.9  10 km  
Henderson Creek63.4 -139.4  10 km  
Little Bear Creek61.1 -134.1  5 km  
McKinnon Creek63.7 -139.1  10 km  
Last NewsDate | Source
 
Alaska’s Yukon River residents say a new pact with Canada leaves them behind18/03/2024   newsfromthestates   
Scientists scramble to explain why western Alaska wild salmon stocks are low15/08/2022   npr   
Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be too little, too late13/04/2024   CBC News   
Canadian experts decry continuation of Alaska study on parasite11/04/2023   CBC News   
Salmon are vanishing from the Yukon River — and so is a way of life09/11/2023   grist   
Alaska’s vanishing salmon push Yukon River tribes to brink02/10/2021   opb   
Last NewsDate | Source
 
Frustrations grow along Yukon River as salmon fishing remains closed for second year amid record low runs29/06/2022   ktoo   
Salmon may have been too tired to navigate Whitehorse fish ladder, research suggests16/02/2021   CBC News   
Big money industry crippling salmon population in Alaska, natives say10/12/2023   abc7chicago   
‘A soul wound’: a First Nation built its culture around salmon05/12/2022   theguardian   
A young leader fights for Yukon River salmon, her community – and herself03/10/2023   alaskapublic   
Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years03/04/2024   CBC News   

Last change: 2023-10-10