Submit proposals to Alaska BOF by April 10
Those seeking to submit proposals for consideration by the Alaska Board of Fisheries 2018/2019 meeting cycle must transmit them in time to be received...
Fish Factor: Pacific halibut fishery faces challenges
Pacific halibut catches for 2018 won’t decline as severely as initially feared, but the fishery faces headwinds from several directions.Federal fishery managers announced just...
NPFMC plans final action on halibut sport fishing limits, permits
Federal fisheries managers plan final action in April on proposals that would require annual renewal of charter halibut permits and for new restrictions to...
Cain seeks reappointment to Board of Fisheries
Incumbent Alaska Board of Fisheries member Alan Cain, of Anchorage, has been nominated by Gov. Bill Walker to fill a vacancy on the board,...
All harvesters will share burden of restoring kings
In the face of escapement objectives not being met, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is imposing restrictions on all harvesters of Chinook...
Fish Factor: Trifecta of falling fish revenues anticipated
Alaska is expecting a reduced salmon harvest this year, setting up a trifecta of falling fish revenues for Alaska fishermen, coastal communities and state...
AMSEA offers marine safety course
A six-day Marine Safety Instructor Training course will be offered by the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association from April 24 to April 29 at...
Ailing crewmember airlifted from vessel northwest of Cold Bay
A 59-year-old man reported to be suffering from inhalation of unknown chemicals was medevaced by the U.S. Coast Guard on March 30 from the...
Chum, sockeye abundance up for harvest season ahead
Wild stocks of chum salmon are expected in a run 83.6 percent above average in Prince William Sound for the 2018 commercial fishing season,...
SE Alaska king all gear harvest limit is 130,000 fish
State fisheries biologists, guided by provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty, have set the 2018 preseason Chinook salmon all-gear harvest limit for Southeast Alaska...
