Snow crab rebuilding on tap for NPFMC meeting
Snow crab rebuilding in the Bering Sea, an update on management of Norton Sound red king crab, potential vessel caps for some halibut harvesters,...
Tanner crab harvest continues at Kodiak, Chignik
Crab fishermen in the Kodiak, Chignik and South Alaska Peninsula districts harvested 3.2 million pounds of Tanner crab by Tuesday, with 1.8 million pounds...
IPHC reduces halibut catch limit
International managers of Pacific halibut have lowered the overall catch limit for 2023 to 36,970,000 pounds, down 4,250,000 pounds from last year’s coastwide limit...
Trident Seafoods marks 50th anniversary
A major seafood processing company that began with a single vessel operating out of Kodiak in 1973 marked its 50th anniversary on Jan. 31,...
NOAA names Alaska Region tribal relations coordinator
Veteran tribal relations coordinator Amilee Wilson has been appointed by NOAA Fisheries to serve as Alaska tribal relations coordinator.Her key responsibility is to improve...
Above average run of kings forecast for Copper River
Early state forecasts for the Copper River - Prince William Sound region commercial fisheries are bright for Chinook salmon in the Copper River, sockeyes...
Tanner crab fishermen want higher price for their catch
Tanner crab harvesters, whose catch is being offered at $2.50 a pound in the Kodiak area compared to $8.30 a pound a year ago,...
NSEDC declines to purchase winter red king crab
Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. (NSEDC), citing conservation concerns, is opting to not purchase crab from the 2023 winter commercial fishery at Nome.NSEDC officials...
SE Alaska trollers speak out to protect fisheries
Southeast Alaska trollers engaged in a fight to continue winter and summer commercial Chinook salmon fisheries say they have reduced their king harvest by...
Conservation decision: Norton Sound will not purchase winter red king crab
Officials with the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation have opted to forego purchase of any 2023 winter king crab commercial harvest, in hope that...
