...state granted only 30 permits this summer, to families that had a long history of subsistence fishing in Norton Sound. Jim Menard, an area manager with the state Department of Fish and Game, estimated the total chum salmon catch this summer at just...

...production, Ashton said international demand for the system has been strong. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Jim Menard said that the department also is looking at the program to see if it could help boost fish runs in the state. "The...