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...
Some harvesters will pay more for federal fisheries management
Fishermen in Alaska who own catch shares of halibut, sablefish and Bering Sea crab will pay more to the federal government to cover 2018...
Three key staff named to ADF&G
Acting Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lange has announced three key appointments to the agency.Benjamin J. Mulligan was named deputy commissioner,...
U.S. seafood superpower is Alaska
Alaska is the nation’s superpower when it comes to seafood.American fishermen landed just shy of 10 billion pounds of fish and shellfish last year...
PWS directed pollock fishery opens Jan. 20
Directed fishing for walleye Pollock using pelagic trawl gear in the Prince William Sound registration area opens at noon on Jan. 20, with a...
PWS cod seasons: a closure and an opener
The parallel Pacific cod season for pot gear and the state waters seasons for longline and jig gear ends at midnight Dec. 31 and...
Alaska tops commercial landings by volume, value
Commercial seafood harvesters working in Alaska continue to lead the nation in both the volume and value of commercial landings, according to the 2017...
NPFMC adopts ecosystem management plan
Federal fisheries managers have taken a big step toward better environmental management of vast marine resources with adoption of a new Bering Sea Fishery...
SEITC seeks investigation into BC mines
A petition filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Southeast Alaska tribal entities contends that transboundary hard rock mines are...
