ADF&G seeks vessel for Pollock test fishery
Bids are being sought by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for a vessel to contract to conduct a test fishery using pelagic...
CRWP will present at AMSS on citizen scientists
Efforts to train some 400 citizen scientists in researching salmon habitat in the Copper River watershed will be in the spotlight on Jan. 23,...
Upbeat in advance of the 2018 salmon season
Salmon, as one major processor observed, is always complicated.The Prince William Sound commercial salmon forecast was still being calculated in late December, with state...
PWS state waters P-cod jig season opens
New Year’s Day marks the opener for the Prince William Sound state waters Pacific cod season for vessels using jig gear.All fish must be...
Fish Factor: 2017 fishing picks and pans
For 27 years this weekly column has featured news for and about Alaska’s commercial fishing industry. It began in 1991 in the Anchorage Daily...
Michelle Ridgway fatally injured in car crash
Marine ecologist Michelle Ridgway, best known in the fisheries and environmental communities for her passion as an ocean conservationist, died in a Seattle hospital...
Jig gear for P-cod prohibited in CGOA
Federal fisheries officials are prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the central regulatory area of the Gulf of...
Nominations sought for Alaska Salmon Fellows
Nominations are being sought through Jan. 31 for the Alaska Humanities Forum’s second cohort of Alaska Salmon Fellows, an effort to facilitate conversations about...
Seafood science issues highlight upcoming gatherings
Harvesters, processors, research biologists and technologists engaged in boosting Alaska’s commercial fisheries industry have a busy meeting schedule from January through the start of...
Marketplace for CRS just keeps growing
From its onset 22 years ago, to protect the resources supporting fishing families in the Cordova area, Copper River Seafoods has expanded its markets...
