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.
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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.
Efforts underway to streamline fisheries disaster relief
With an increasing number of fisheries disaster requests coming from across the U.S., members of Congress and the federal government are looking for ways to improve the relief process.
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.
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.
Bristol Bay boot camp aims to jump-start businesses through the region
Through Sept. 15, people with good ideas, startups or existing businesses across the Bristol Bay region will compete to attend a three-day boot camp that provides in-depth business education, networking and advice.
Chignik Bay is ‘hanging by a thread’ after a second year of scant fishing
While some parts of Bristol Bay have had record-breaking years, one Alaska Peninsula village hasn’t been as lucky.
On air-lifting salmon to spawning grounds in BC, Alaska commercial fisheries funding and seafood delivery
A rockslide along the Fraser River in British Columbia has rescuers resorting to a temporary solution for wild sockeye that can’t reach their spawning grounds: flying the fish upriver by helicopter.
As China-U.S. trade conflict continues, Alaska seafood industry group plans to grow marketing elsewhere
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has received more than $7 million in federal money this year from a new program aimed at mitigating the effects of the ongoing tariff battle.
Looking at budget cuts’ impact on Alaska fisheries
Set to get axed is funding for research projects, such as salmon inseason sampling and Tanner crab surveys at Prince William Sound, and five salmon weirs at Kodiak and Chignik.
Early numbers show strong start for commercial sockeye salmon harvest in Prince William Sound
Other sockeye fisheries started slower, and pink salmon harvest numbers spiked in the second week of June.
Feds delay release of $56M in disaster funds stemming from bleak 2016 pink salmon run
The paper push has stalled on various agency desks.
Alaska’s fledgling mariculture industry expands its reach; former Dunleavy staffer named to fish board
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named John Wood of Willow to the state Board of Fisheries.
Sen. Dan Sullivan requests tariff exemption for Alaska seafood
The increase in tariffs is “creating tremendous uncertainty” for the industry, Sullivan wrote to the U.S. trade representative.
On North Pacific salmon catches, cell-grown seafood and Alaska fish impact on Port of Seattle
Get ready for seafood grown directly from cells, with no head, tail, bones or blood.