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...
Searches end for two missing boaters
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended on April 2 a two-day search for a man missing in Peril Strait some 30 miles north of Sitka.The...
Changes proposed for dive fishery assessment system
Legislation approved by the Alaska House would update the protocol used by the Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association to charge an assessment to...
NPFMC rules on mixing guided, unguided halibut
Halibut harvested using guide services that is possessed with halibut not using guide services would be subject to guided sport fishing limits in Southeast...
Sidestripe shrimp fishery opens April 15
A trawl fishery for sidestripe shrimp in Prince William Sound opens April 15, with a guideline harvest level of 65,950 pounds for the Wells...
Fish Factor: Lackluster forecast impacts salmon permit values
Spring is usually the busiest time of year for brokers in the buy/sell/trade business for Alaska salmon permits. But that’s not the case this...
Brandi Carlile, Michael Franti to headline Salmonfest 2018
Folk rock singer Brandi Carlile and hip-hop singer/rapper Michael Franti and Spearhead will headline Salmonfest 2018, Alaska’s biggest festival weekend, with over 60 bands...
Trollers concerned over limits on SE Alaska kings
A state fisheries decision to set the 2018 preseason Chinook salmon all-gear harvest limit for Southeast Alaska at 130,000 treaty fish is prompting concern...
Alward succeeds McCune to head UFA
Veteran harvester Matt Alward of Homer, representing the North Pacific Fisheries Association, has succeeded Jerry McCune, of Cordova District Fishermen United, as president of...
