Boaters urged to properly dispose of EPIRBs
The Coast Guard is reminding boaters to properly dispose of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons when they are no longer in use, to avoid...
Alaska Supreme Court takes up Stand for Salmon v. Mallott
A decision over the constitutionality of a proposed ballot initiative that would update Alaska’s 61-year-old fish habitat permitting law is now in the hands...
200 scientists send letter defending fisheries management
More than 200 scientists say Congress should protect federal sustainable fishing laws in advance of a key hearing about the future of the way...
Fish Factor: Alaska’s fishing industry workforce is nearly 60,000 strong
Alaska’s fishing fleet of 9,400 vessels would span nearly 71 miles if lined up from bow to stern.And Alaska’s fishing industry catches and processes...
Coast Guard prepares for aid to winter fisheries
Coast Guard aircrews have delivered equipment and air assets to Cold Bay in advance of the winter fishery season, to reduce the time to...
Fish Factor: Kelp could be potential source of biofuel
Editor’s note: The first item in this column is simply a long-term research project looking at the feasibility of producing biofuels in Alaska waters at...
Survey shows GOA cod biomass down 71 percent
Surveys and preliminary modeling for the 2018 Pacific cod stock assessment show that Pacific cod biomass is down substantially in the Gulf of Alaska,...
BC commits $1.2 M to restore wild Pacific salmon
The Canadian government has announced funding of $1.2 million over three years to the Pacific Salmon Foundation of British Columbia to help restore wild...
Superior Court clears way for salmon habitat initiative
An Alaska Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of a ballot measure intended to protect fish habitat can proceed and has approved the...
Snow crab TAC is 18.9 M pounds; bairdi at 2.5 M pounds
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has set the Bering Sea snow crab harvest limit at 18.961,000 pounds, with 17,064,900 pounds for community...
