Alaska king salmon are in crisis with their population at a historic low. They are smaller in size then they’ve ever been and some argue the only way to save the species is to stop catching and eating them all together. The volume of kings caught in Alaska and sold to processors has been declining for 40 straight years. In 2021, the numbers were down 80%. For many king salmon populations, humans may not be able to do enough now to reverse the consequences of decisions made decades ago.
On another note, 70 percent of the salmon that people eat is farmed atlantic salmon.
