The case could have broad implications for fishermen throughout Southeast Alaska.
Fisheries
How much fish do Alaskans eat? Enough to require new water pollution rules, EPA says
Data shows that Alaskans eat 30 to 60 times more fish than the state’s water quality rules currently assume.
Alaska’s seafood industry is in trouble. Processors and policy makers blame Russia.
Seafood companies and fishermen often target multiple species to reduce their risk, but the current price collapse is happening almost across the board.
Decades ago, sperm whales learned how to raid fishermen’s lines of black cod. Now, an Alaska man is charged with killing one.
A Ketchikan fisherman has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing an endangered sperm whale in a first-of-its-kind case.
Many Alaska king salmon stocks up for Endangered Species Act review after group’s petition
A scientific review likely will take at least a year.
Peltola sponsors a bill to limit salmon bycatch. The pollock industry calls it ‘unworkable.’
Peltola acknowledges that her bills are unlikely to become law this year, but she says they elevate the national discourse on fish.