Alaska Fish & Wildlife News
May 2025

Shrimping in Southeast Alaska
Personal Use Trawling

By Mark Stopha

My parents gave me some good advice growing up in Appalachia. When I was considering moving to Alaska to attend college (and find the fishing I’d seen on the Virgil Ward show) I was nervous, as I’d never known anyone to move this far away for college, or anything else for that matter, unless it was in the military. My dad said, “What are you worried about? You can always come home.” A couple years later, when I was about 21 and pondering whether to spend money to fly home ...   Shrimping Article Continued

Can I see ALL the Hunter Harvest Information?

By Riley Woodford

Every year hunters provide Alaska wildlife biologists with valuable information about their hunts and the animals they harvest. I opened an email the other day with this question: Can you send me hunter harvest data for the past 15 years for sheep, moose and mountain goats for the following 13 areas of Alaska?

It’s a good question. The short answer is, “Yes, you can easily look that data up here on our website”

That was not the answer he wanted, and it ...   Hunter Harvest Info Article Continued

Wetland Wanderer: Tracking the Lesser Yellowlegs

By Arin Underwood
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It feels like beachcombing, walking slowly around the dense marsh in Anchorage and peering under each little spruce tree and dwarf birch. I’m not hunting for fossils or Japanese glass balls though, but the far rarer and more elusive nest of the Lesser Yellowlegs.

Lesser Yellowlegs are a small and dainty looking shorebird known for their eponymous bright yellow legs. They often nest in wetlands, which is where I, and two other Fish and Game biologists, find ourselves on this late spring ...   Tracking Yellowlegs Article Continued

What is the Most Invasive Species in Alaska?
Ask a Wildlife Biologist

By Tammy Davis

An 8th grader at Birchtree Charter School in Palmer asked, “What is the most invasive species in Alaska?”

A question like, “What is the most invasive species in Alaska?” depends on the area of interest and the type of ecosystem under consideration (primarily aquatic or terrestrial). Two crucial characteristics define an invasive species. First, these organisms are not native to the ecosystem which we are considering. But not all ...   Invasive species? Article Continued