Website explores roles of women in fishing families
A new United Kingdom website has been launched as part of the University of Exeter research project in the United Kingdom examining how women...
Commercial shrimp pot fishery closes
Commercial shrimp pot fishing in Prince William Sound has closed for the season, after achieving the guideline harvest level of 67,200 pounds for the...
Fish Factor: Is it a blip, or are cod stocks returning?
Tiny cod fish are reappearing around Kodiak.Researchers aim to find out if it is a blip, or a sign that the stock is recovering...
Wild Salmon Day events attract hundreds in Alaska
Alaskans turned out by the hundreds on Aug. 10 for the state’s third annual Wild Salmon Day, to celebrate the fish deeply rooted in...
Fewer Pollock, cod found in southern Bering Sea survey
Formal results of this year’s NOAA trawl survey of the southern Bering Sea won’t be announced until mid-September, but preliminary data shows a decided...
Transboundary mine issues still a work in progress
Months after meeting with Canadian government officials in Ottawa, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, have raised five issues they say...
Rising harvests put PWS catch at 26 million fish
Pink, chum and silver salmon deliveries to processors in Prince William Sound climbed over the last week, bringing the area’s overall commercial harvest through...
BOF posts proposed regulation changes
The Alaska Board of Fisheries’ 2018-2019 proposal book is now available online, complete with 173 proposals to be up for discussion at five upcoming...
Researchers studying OA impact on ocean health
Two scientists at Columbia University in New York are leading research projects to examine how climate change is affecting the health of the global...
Fish Factor: Growth coming in mariculture sector
Sixteen new applicants hope to begin growing shellfish and seaweed businesses in just over 417 acres of tideland areas in Alaska, thanks to the...
