A king salmon swims underwater. (Courtesy/Ryan Hagerty,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Haines’ king salmon sport fishery is once more open to anglers, even as state fish forecasters project a smaller run of Chilkat kings this year.  

For nearly a decade, sport fishing for king salmon has been shut down in the Upper Lynn Canal — a response to historically low returns. 

From 2011 to 2018, the number of kings spawning in the Chilkat River came…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.