BSAI shellfish season opens Oct. 15
Crab catches dominate Alaska’s fish news in early October as boats gear up for mid-month openers in the Bering Sea.As expected, crabbers will see...
Hatchery egg take levels still a volatile topic
Egg take issues at fish hatcheries are back on the agenda for the Alaska Board of Fisheries work session in Anchorage Oct. 15-16, where...
Fishing Families Workshop in Cordova
Marysia Szymkowiak, a social scientist with the NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, hosted a Fishing Families Workshop at the Cordova Center in Cordova...
October is Alaska Seafood Month
Gov. Bill Walker has declared October as Alaska Seafood Month, and Oct. 25 as Commercial Fishing Day.The announcement comes from the Alaska Seafood Marketing...
Crewman missing near St. Matthew Island
A search for a man last seen aboard a fishing boat north of St. Matthew Island on Sept. 27 was suspended on Sept. 28...
Copper River silver harvest reaches 302,000 fish
In a last hurrah for 2018, commercial harvesters in the Copper River added another 2,000 cohos to their silver salmon catch, to bring their...
Five rescued near Tununak in Bethel region
Five people stranded on a boat without power four miles off the coast of Tununak in western Alaska were rescued on Sept. 29 by...
Grad student study focused on revival of razor clams
A graduate student intent on helping to revive the razor clam biomass that she grew up harvesting on the Kenai Peninsula is studying clam...
Centuries of tradition: Wild salmon subsistence and trade supports First People of Prince William...
Before western contact, the first people who lived along Prince William Sound and on the Copper River Delta in and around villages included Eyak...
Norton Sound CDQ group pays out $8.6 M
It’s another record year for Norton Sound Seafood Products, which paid out $8.6 million for the 2018 commercial fishing season to harvesters, processors and...
