The move comes amid catastrophic shortfalls in salmon harvests in some of Alaska’s rural, Indigenous communities.
Fisheries
Conservation group plans to sue federal government over deaths of orcas in trawl nets
This follows a NOAA report that said 10 orcas were hauled up in trawl nets over the last year, nine of which died.
Longtime fisherman reflects on his career in Bristol Bay
Dan Barr is eighty-one and a half years old. He fished Bristol Bay for just about half his life.
Alaska pollock trawlers are feeling pressure over salmon bycatch. This reporter went to see for himself
Fisheries reporter Hal Bernton visited a Bering Sea factory trawler to see how its crew caught and processed pollock — and how the captain works to keep salmon bycatch low.
A Petersburg tender holds open mics on board, with its fish hold as the sound stage
A nearly 100-year-old wooden boat in Petersburg has become a staple of the tight-knit local music scene.
As the once-lucrative Bering Sea crab harvest resumes, Alaska’s fishers face challenges
The state decision to reopen harvests for prized Bristol Bay red king crab provides only a temporary reprieve from long-term environmental and economic difficulties.