Federal judge to rule on reduction in trawler halibut bycatch
A U.S. District court judge is expected to issue a decision this spring on a lawsuit filed by the Groundfish Forum challenging a National...
Baywide inshore run forecast is 37.9M sockeye salmon
State fisheries biologists are forecasting a run of 37.9 million fish coming into Bristol Bay this summer, with a potential inshore surplus of 25...
Trident Seafoods in process of closing sales on three plants
Officials with Trident Seafoods say they are close to finalizing sales of seasonally operated processing facilities at False Pass, Petersburg and Ketchikan, saying these...
OBI wants out of setnet purchases of Alitak district salmon
OBI Seafoods has told set netters in the Alitak District they will not be buying their fish where they are harvested on the south...
Processing plant sales may impact seafood processing jobs
Seafood processing plants put up for sale by companies trying to stay financially afloat amidst challenging global markets are expected to have an impact...
Federal fisheries regulators still in early stages of wrestling with salmon bycatch
Federal fisheries regulators tasked with mediating conflicts over salmon bycatch in the groundfish fisheries between trawlers and commercial and subsistence salmon harvesters have updated...
Cordova farmers will collaborate on UAF climate change project
Three sea farmers in Cordova will collaborate with University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) researchers investigating climate change effects on culturally and commercially important marine...
USACE upholds denial of permit critical for development of Pebble Mine
A decision to deny a key permit needed to develop a major copper, gold and molybdenum mine abutting the Bristol Bay watershed in Southwest...
Peter Pan Seafoods halts operations at processing plants
Officials at Peter Pan Seafoods in Anchorage have reached an agreement with Silver Bay Seafoods to operate Peter Pan’s facilities in Port Moller and...
New analysis of high seas salmon surveys compiles decades of data
A new analysis integrating international salmon studies from the North Pacific Ocean, that date back to the 1950s, is giving fisheries researchers new insight...
