Seafood harvesting jobs continue to decline
Employment in commercial seafood harvesting is continuing its slow decline, in contrast to other Alaska industries, which have fully or partially rebounded in the...
Preliminary data looks promising for Kodiak, South Peninsula and Chignik Tanner crab fisheries
Tanner crab fisheries will likely open in January for Kodiak, the South Alaska Peninsula and Chignik, but a final decision won’t be made until...
Drill conductor class slated for Cordova
Registration is now open for a fishing vessel drill conductor class to be held in Cordova on Nov. 4 by the Alaska Marine Safety...
Revised preliminary 2023 salmon season summary out for PWS
A revised preliminary salmon season summary for Prince William Sound was issued on Friday, Oct. 13, by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game...
AFN calls for rural priority for subsistence fishing
Delegates to the annual convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) in Anchorage are urging Congress to permanently protect the right of Alaska Native...
Copper River fishery closes for the season
Commercial fishing was all but over anyhow when the Copper River District commercial salmon fishery closed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, with the preliminary...
Bristol Bay red king crab, tanner crab fisheries open Sunday
The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery is back on track, after being closed for two years, with a total allowable catch of 2.15...
Nine harvesters cited for dumping commercially caught chum salmon
In a special enforcement operation designed to protect Alaska’s fisheries resource, state wildlife troopers have issued 21 citations after over 100 vessel boardings in...
Southeast Alaska trollers are going fishing for kings on July 1
A decision reached by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday cleared the way for the multi-million-dollar Southeast Alaska summer troll fishery for...
Two Cordova residents named to Alaska Salmon Research Task Force
Cordova residents Tom Carpenter, a veteran commercial harvester, and Tommy Sheridan, a fisheries expert, have been named to the 19-member Alaska Salmon Research Task...