 The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is opening the Russian River Sanctuary area by emergency order early to sport fishing for sockeye salmon. The regulatory change went into effect Wednesday morning and will stand through 11.59 p.m. on Sunday, July 14th. Through June 30th, a total of 27,518 sockeye salmon have passed through the Russian River Weir, achieving the biological escapement goal of 22,000 to 44,000 sockeye salmon.