Alaska’s 2019 salmon season by the numbers
Alaska’s salmon season was worth $657.6 million to fishermen this year, a 10% increase from the 2018 fishery.
Some Southeast Alaska fishermen speak out against push to exempt Tongass from roadless rule
More than 220 Southeast fishermen signed a letter to the Trump administration opposing the abrupt push to exempt the Tongass National Forest from a roadless rule in place for over a decade.
Alaska fishermen seek solutions as they grapple with the destructive appetites of sea otters
They may be cute, but the voracious appetites of sea otters continue to cause significant damage to some of Southeast Alaska’s most lucrative fisheries.
Cook Inlet kelp harvest gets a closer look from managers and scientists
Alaskans are heading to beaches in lower Cook Inlet to commercially harvest bunches that wash ashore.
Anchorage talk will dive into ocean acidification’s impact on Alaska marine life
The real concern is the speed at which changes are occurring, says an official with the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.
Alaska fishermen push for changes to how managers deal with bycatch
Halibut catches fluctuate based on the ups and downs of the stock. If the numbers decline, so do the catches of commercial and sport fishermen. But similar reductions don’t apply to the boats taking millions of pounds of halibut as bycatch in other fisheries.
Disaster funds announced for 2018 cod crash and Chignik sockeye failure; 2016 pink salmon relief hits snag
For Alaska, the 2018 salmon fishery at Chignik, once the state’s most exclusive sockeye salmon fishery, produced just 128 fish.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets next week in Homer
Federal stewards of Alaska’s fisheries will continue their pursuit of involving more people in policy making.
Warmer waters threaten to make the commercial salmon fishery less predictable
The brightest spot of the 2019 season was the strong returns of sockeye salmon that produced a catch of over 55 million fish, the largest since 1995 and the fifth consecutive year of harvests topping 50 million reds.
Seafood will get more attention in development of new U.S. dietary guidelines
Fish Factor: A high-powered group of doctors and nutritionists is making sure the health benefits of seafood are front and center in committee meetings.
Breaking down the Alaska budget’s impact on commercial fisheries
Fish Factor: Where and how the cuts will play out across the state’s far-flung coastal regions is now being decided by fishery managers.
Shellfish and seaweed farms are a growing industry in Alaska
Underwater and out of sight are the makings of a major Alaska industry with two anchor crops that clean the planet while pumping out lots of cash.