Senate Bill 93, signed into law last month by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, increases the maximum payout from the fishermen’s fund to $15,000.
Fisheries
Alaska lawmakers approve task force to consider responses to seafood industry ‘implosion’
The measure would establish an eight-member seafood industry task force, with four state senators and four state House members and with the Senate president as chair.
Southeast Alaska not ready for a hatchery-only king fishery, study finds
Researchers say a major concern that arose from the study was incidentally killing wild kings while targeting the hatchery fish.
Feds pinch Southeast Alaska skippers for illegally transporting crab
The federal indictment says Kyle Potter and Welch never recorded their harvests at an Alaskan port and took the undocumented crab through Canadian and Washington waters.
Report portrays mixed picture of Alaska’s huge seafood industry
Size is a strength, and the economic value of the industry rose in 2021 and 2022, but employment is declining and recent price collapses are worrisome, the report says.
King Cove braces for salmon season with no seafood processor amid historic price slump
The plant, formerly owned by Peter Pan Seafood Company, is the economic engine for the Alaska Peninsula community.