(File photo/Chilkat Valley News) A family fishes on the Chilkoot River un 2021.
(File photo/Chilkat Valley News) A family fishes on the Chilkoot River un 2021.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game last week  increased the king salmon take allowed for non-resident anglers this summer, in response, department officials say, to lower-than-expected harvest. 

Previously, non-residents across Southeast had been permitted to keep one king salmon from July 1 onward. With the new regulations, non-residents will be permitted two, with king salmon caught before July 1 counted toward…

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