ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced this week that the Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishery will be open 24 hours through July 31. On Wednesday, the department reported that 191,328 sockeye salmon were counted in the river via sonar, a major jump from the 30,725 counted the day before. As of Thursday, the Kenai River cumulative sockeye count for 2024 has reached 596,845, with nearly a third reaching the river on Wednesday alone.