Changed schedule coming for NPFMC’s Portland meeting
A federal government shutdown over the Trump administration’s demand that Congress pay for a southern border wall will force a considerable change of schedule...
Commercial fisheries scramble to get permitted
A government shutdown called by President Trump to force funding of a border wall is now impacting Alaska’s multi-million-dollar seafood industry, which relies on...
Concern grows as government shutdown continues
The government shutdown has caused few problems so far in Alaska’s fisheries, but concern was growing as it entered a third week on Jan....
Exxon Valdez oil spill legacy is topic of AMSS keynote
Earthquakes, tsunamis, changing oceans and the scientific legacy of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster will be the topic of keynote speakers on the...
Carbon emissions pose threat to salmon
Salmon depend on their sense of smell to detect and avoid predators, find prey and return to their natal streams to spawn and die...
Last great Pacific cold snap was nearly 1,000 years ago
A new study released in early January says that cooling observed in Pacific deep-ocean temperatures indicates that the deep Pacific is still adjusting to...
ADF&G releases terms of new Pacific Salmon Treaty
A new Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiated between the United States and Canada, and critical to fisheries and the economy of Southeast Alaska, is now...
Fishing picks and pans for 2018
This column that each week focuses on Alaska’s seafood industry will enter into its 28th year in 2019. It began in the Anchorage Daily News...
Sea Grant’s Torie Baker resigns
Alaska Sea Grant’s veteran Cordova agent Torie Baker has resigned her post effective at the end of December to deal with family matters in...
PWS test fishery for Pollock set for January
Bids are being solicited by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game through Jan. 8 for a test fishery using pelagic trawl gear to...
