Red king crab emergency rule request under review
An emergency rule request for closure of the Red King Crab Savings Area to all fishing gear with bottom contact will be up for...
PWSAC will pay $1M in restitution & fines for waste, burn incident
Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. (PWSAC) has agreed in federal court to pay $1 million in restitution and fines related to a 2018 incident...
Robust salmon harvest not reflected in job growth
Commercial seafood industry jobs declined just slightly for the 2021 season in Alaska, compared with a significant drop during the first year of the...
Public comment sought on red king crab protections
Federal fisheries managers are expected to make a decision, possibly by mid-January, on a request from Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers (ABSC) to close the...
NOAA seeks public comment on red king crab savings area
NOAA Fisheries will continue to take public comment through Dec. 5 on a proposal from Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers (ABSC) for an emergency action...
Alaska marks a fatality-free commercial fishing season
U.S. Coast Guard officials are congratulating Alaska’s fishing industry for a second fatality-free commercial fishing season in fiscal year 2022.Scott Wilwert, commercial fishing vessel...
Review of emergency rule request analysis for crab protections
Federal fisheries managers are taking another look at what to do about the demise of Bristol Bay red king crab, a fishery shut down...
PWS commercial herring fisheries remain closed
Commercial herring fisheries in Prince William Sound will remain closed through June 30, 2023, due to estimated spawning biomass being below threshold, say area...
Unity common theme at Seafood Summit
Working together and unity were common themes at the fourth annual Local Seafood Summit, held at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood earlier this month.
New fisheries exhibit opens at Homer’s Pratt Museum
Salmon Culture: Kachemak Bay Connections, a new exhibit celebrating salmon as the common bond across cultures and generations, has opened at Homer’s Pratt Museum through Dec. 17.
