ADF&G seeks angler input in 2021 harvest data
State fisheries officials are mailing out the 2021 Alaska Sport Fishing Survey to some 47,000 randomly selected resident and nonresident households who purchased a sport fishing license this year or who hold a permanent form of license to fish.
Processors see signs of pandemic recovery
Alaska’s seafood industry is rebounding slowly from the COVID-19 pandemic, buoyed by larger harvests in some areas, higher seafood prices and a resumed demand for seafood.
ADF&G sets 1.1 million GHL for Kodiak Tanner crab
Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials have set a guideline harvest level of 1.1 million pounds for Kodiak for the 2022 commercial Tanner crab fisheries.
Fish Factor: Dungeness in GOA now state’s largest crab fishery
It’s hard to believe, but Dungeness crab in the Gulf of Alaska is now Alaska’s largest crab fishery – a distinction due to the collapse of stocks in the Bering Sea.
Fish Factor: Preliminary data shows dockside value of 2021 catch was nearly $644M
According to preliminary harvests and values by region from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, a catch of nearly 234 million salmon had a dockside value of almost $644 million, and weighed in at 858.5 million pounds.
ADFG forecasts 75M+ run of Bristol Bay salmon in 2022
State fisheries biologists are forecasting a run of 75.27 million sockeye salmon into Bristol Bay in the summer of 2022, 44% more than the most recent 10-year average.
Federal decision closing Cook Inlet EEZ to commercial harvests is challenged
A rule closing federal waters of Cook Inlet to salmon fishing starting in 2022 is being challenged in U.S. District Court in Anchorage by a libertarian public interest law firm on behalf of three veteran commercial salmon harvesters.
UFA selects Welch as executive director
Veteran commercial fisheries harvester Tracy Welch has been selected by the board of United Fishermen of Alaska to serve as the new executive director of the statewide commercial fishing trade association.
Veteran harvester to address Young Fishermen’s Summit
Veteran commercial harvester Theresa Peterson of Kodiak will be the keynote speaker at Alaska Sea Grant’s 2021 Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit, to be held virtually from Dec. 6-9.
ComFish 2022 set for March 24-26
ComFish Alaska, the state’s biggest commercial fisheries meeting, will be back in person again at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center on March 24-26, complete with fisheries forums and trade show.
