Popular fishery remains open through September 15
An advisory note from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reminds participants in the popular Prince William Sound shrimp fishery that the fishery...
Harvesters, processors help state track Chinooks
This year’s Copper River king salmon run has been a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dire looking Copper River flats season. With 7,240...
Sockeyes are elusive, chums looking strong
Another week has gone by with no Copper River district opener, while up in the Coghill District the chum salmon have shown up, weighing...
ADF&G stocks Chinook salmon in Fleming Spit Lagoon
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game stocked 107,441 Chinook salmon in the Fleming Spit Lagoon in Cordova on Thursday, June 7, 2018. This...
Wink joins BBRSDA as executive director
Fisheries economist and research analyst Andy Wink will join the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association on July 23 as its new executive director.Wink...
Coast Guard tows bowpicker from PWS
A U.S. Coast Guard crew aboard a 45-foot response boat towed a 32-foot bowpicker vessel from near Squaw Bay in Prince William Sound to...
Cordova gillnetters subject to health risks
A new study focused on health risks to gillnet fishery harvesters in Cordova shows a prevalence of chronic health risks, including hearing loss, upper...
BOF will consider PWS hatchery production
Additional hatchery production in Prince William Sound is the focus of a special meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries set for July 17...
Icicle names Curry as public affairs manager
Icicle Seafoods, which has deep roots in Petersburg, Alaska, has named fourth generation family fish harvester and advocate Julianne Curry to be the company’s...
Copper River harvest includes salmon passing through
A visitor to the seafood department of a major Anchorage retail shop stared with surprise at the neatly wrapped fillet marked as fresh Copper...
