Study on virus risk to ocean salmon questioned
Three marine conservation entities in British Columbia say they are questioning the integrity of a report issued by the Canadian government that concluded there...
Seiner sentenced for multiple violations in closed waters
A commercial salmon seine captain from Prince of Wales Island has been sentenced on multiple misdemeanor counts related to fishing in closed waters, fishing...
Election Division receives petitions to put salmon initiative on ballot
Backers of an initiative to update a 60-year-old law guiding development of projects in salmon habitat have gathered over 49,500 signatures in support of...
Push on for fisheries emergency relief
A bipartisan group of eight senators is asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to include disaster funds for coastal communities impacted by ongoing fisheries disasters...
Fish Factor: Markets are emerging for fish parts
State seafood marketers are rebranding fish parts as ‘specialty’ products and mapping a path for millions more dollars in sales.Alaska’s fisheries produce more than...
Marketplace for CRS just keeps growing
From its onset 22 years ago, to protect the resources supporting fishing families in the Cordova area, Copper River Seafoods has expanded its markets...
Seafood science issues highlight upcoming gatherings
Harvesters, processors, research biologists and technologists engaged in boosting Alaska’s commercial fisheries industry have a busy meeting schedule from January through the start of...
Nominations sought for Alaska Salmon Fellows
Nominations are being sought through Jan. 31 for the Alaska Humanities Forum’s second cohort of Alaska Salmon Fellows, an effort to facilitate conversations about...
Jig gear for P-cod prohibited in CGOA
Federal fisheries officials are prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the central regulatory area of the Gulf of...
Michelle Ridgway fatally injured in car crash
Marine ecologist Michelle Ridgway, best known in the fisheries and environmental communities for her passion as an ocean conservationist, died in a Seattle hospital...
