Southeast fleets adjust to a season without kings

King salmon at a market in Seattle. (Creative Commons photo by Jill /Blue Moonbeam Studio)
The realities of the Southeast king salmon closure will hit home as of Thursday, August 10, when no one — whether fishing commercially or recreationally — will be permitted to retain one of Alaska’s most sought-after species.
Industry groups from both the commercial and sport sectors have been sorting through the limited information available from the state about the closure, and soothing