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...
Copper River Seafoods celebrates season opener with seafood competition
Dozens of wild Alaska salmon aficionados turned out in Anchorage on Saturday to help Copper River Seafoods celebrate the Copper River commercial salmon season...
Copper River sockeye fishery set to open on May 15
Commercial fishermen in Southcentral Alaska are gearing up for the famed Copper River salmon opener on Monday, May 15, hopeful for a robust season,...
Salmon task force discusses fisheries at bi-annual meeting in Cordova
Regional salmon fishery stakeholders joined at the Cordova Center last week to discuss the stock and make recommendations for the Alaska Department of Fish...
Prohibited species bycatch feeds hungry families
No one asks for bycatch, but when it happens those unwanted fish donated to SeaShare may become a blessing in the form of seafood...
NPFMC asks for further analysis on chum salmon bycatch issues
Federal fisheries managers are taking steps to gather more data related to the incidental catch of chum salmon in pollock fisheries in the Bering...
