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...
Fish Factor: Hatchery program under attack
Salmon that begin their lives in Alaska hatcheries often save the day for thousands of fishermen when returns of wild stocks are a bust. This year...
Silvers still running as season ebbs
Those silvers just keep on coming.As September and the commercial season for wild salmon harvests ebbs, fishermen are still harvesting coho salmon in the...
Actions to confront climate change announced by state
State officials say they plan some immediate steps to confront climate change, from lowering emissions and energy costs to addressing villages at risk from...
Fish Factor: Commerce Department advocating to boost aquaculture
Offshore fish farms could soon dot the sea scape along with those oil and gas platforms being proposed for U.S. waters by President Donald...
Gillam remembered for his humanitarian gifts
To many Alaskans, and those far beyond in the global world of finance, Bob Gillam was best known as the founder of McKinley Capital...
Grants awarded to clean up derelict fishing gear
Seven grants totaling $1.5 million announced by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are earmarked to remove some 170,000 pounds of lost, abandoned or...
Apply by Oct. 29 for marine debris program grants
Applications are being accepted through Oct. 29 for 2019 community-based removal grants through the NOAA Marine Debris Program, with typical awards of from $50,000...
Fish Factor: Fall fisheries are getting underway
As Alaska’s salmon season draws to a close, lots of fall fisheries are just getting underway from Ketchikan to the Bering Sea.Southeast is one...
Haisman hired as CDFU executive director
Veteran commercial harvester Chelsea Haisman has been hired as executive director of Cordova District Fishermen United, effective Sept. 17.“I just felt like it was...
