Prince William Sound harvest at 2.9M fish
Commercial salmon harvests in Prince William Sound nearly doubled over the past week, with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preliminary catch totals as of Wednesday, July 7, showing a jump to 2.9 million fish, including 800,000 sockeyes.
Fish Factor: New phone app helps fishermen report climate change impact
Now a new phone app is making sure fishermen's real-life, real-time observations are included in scientific data.
1 dead, 2 rescued after boat hit by large wave
A commercial harvester from Texas died and two crew members were rescued after a fishing vessel stuck on a sandbar in the Nushagak area of Bristol Bay was hit by a large wave, knocking the entire crew overboard.
Prince William Sound catch grows to 8.3M fish
While the Copper River sockeye harvest, at some 295,268 fish, remains below forecast, the enhanced run of chums in the Coghill district, with a drift gillnet harvest now exceeding 1.1 million fish, is coming in better than anticipated, said Jeremy Botz, gillnet area management biologist for ADF&G in Cordova.
Fishery managers say sockeye catches in Bristol Bay are ‘unprecedented’
"Unprecedented" is how fishery managers are describing sockeye catches at Bristol Bay, which topped 1 million fish for seven days straight at the Nushagak district and neared the 2 million mark on several days.
Fish Factor: Early ex-vessel salmon prices are way up from 2020
Early prices to Alaska salmon fishermen are trickling in and as anticipated they are up across the board.
Pink salmon catch boosts Prince William Sound harvest
An overall catch of 16.6 million humpies has boosted the preliminary commercial total harvest in Prince William Sound to over 20 million fish, although it’s still too early to gauge the strength of the pink salmon harvest.
Humpy deliveries jump to 23.3M fish
Prince William Sound's humpy catch rose to 23.3 million fish, up from 16.6 million.
Fish Factor: Crab shell chitosan has new life in textiles
Most people are unaware that the materials that make up our carpets, clothing, car seats and mattresses are coated with chemicals that act as fire retardants, odor preventors, antifungals and anti-microbials. Now, crab shells from Alaska are providing the same safeguards in a bio-friendly way.
Subsistence fishery reopens near Yakutat
A Southeast Alaska Chinook salmon fishery closed for five of the last 10 years after failure to meet biological escapement goals has reopened for subsistence harvesters using a rod and reel, with harvest limits specified as permit conditions.
