The ship was en route from Kodiak to fishing grounds in the Bering Sea when it sank.
Fisheries
Commerce Secretary approves new disasters for Alaska salmon and crab fisheries
The process often takes years to get money to skippers and their crews.
Alaska crab fishery collapse seen as warning about Bering Sea transformation
Loss of snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab harvests pose immediate hardships and raise worries about future seafood prospects.
Commercial Tanner crab fishery opens in Eastern Aleutians for the first time in 5 years
The fishery opens on Jan. 15 at noon.
With hope and frustration, Bristol Bay awaits the EPA’s final verdict on Pebble
The agency’s assistant administrator for water has 60 days to decide whether to impose the veto, make would effectively kill the mine.
Task force’s final report calls for new rules and more research to address seafood bycatch
The collapse of salmon runs vital to western Alaska triggered the creation of the Alaska Bycatch Task Force.