Fish Factor: Markets are emerging for fish parts
State seafood marketers are rebranding fish parts as ‘specialty’ products and mapping a path for millions more dollars in sales.Alaska’s fisheries produce more than...
Push on for fisheries emergency relief
A bipartisan group of eight senators is asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to include disaster funds for coastal communities impacted by ongoing fisheries disasters...
Election Division receives petitions to put salmon initiative on ballot
Backers of an initiative to update a 60-year-old law guiding development of projects in salmon habitat have gathered over 49,500 signatures in support of...
Seiner sentenced for multiple violations in closed waters
A commercial salmon seine captain from Prince of Wales Island has been sentenced on multiple misdemeanor counts related to fishing in closed waters, fishing...
Study on virus risk to ocean salmon questioned
Three marine conservation entities in British Columbia say they are questioning the integrity of a report issued by the Canadian government that concluded there...
Feds make more than $2M available to reduce fishing bycatch
Federal ocean managers are making more than $2 million available to try to help fishermen catch less of the wrong fish."Bycatch" is a longstanding...
Anchorage meeting on OCS program to be rescheduled
An open-house format meeting scheduled for Jan. 23 in Anchorage for people to comment to the federal government on the proposed national Outer Continental...
Fish Factor: Growing sea otter population has voracious appetite
Sea otters and their devastating impacts on Southeast Alaska shellfish were among the many emotionally-charged topics at the state Board of Fisheries marathon meeting...
Five crab fisheries meet stringent criteria
Five crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands have met the stringent requirements for certification under the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s Alaska...
CRWP plugs importance of citizen scientists
Engaging citizen scientists in collecting data to protect wild salmon habitat is proving effective in documenting the presence of fish in spawning and rearing...
