While many Bering Sea crab populations are in freefall, Dungeness crab is breaking records in regions that hardly used to see them.
Fisheries
‘Alaska’s secret wild salmon prices hurt everybody,’ fisheries journalist says
A prominent fisheries journalist is calling into question the transparency of how much Alaskan salmon fishermen get paid for their catch.
With prices low, many fishermen are skipping Southeast’s Dungeness crab season
OBI Seafoods says there’s still a lot of Dungeness crab left over from last year — it’s expensive and customers just aren’t buying it.
Dunleavy again vetoes research project on salmon bycatch
Dunleavy vetoed the project last year, too.
‘We can go fishing’: Appeals court says Southeast Alaska troll fishery can open this summer
A federal appeals panel issued a last-second ruling, reversing a lower court ruling that would have kept the $85 million industry off the water.
Little fish, big tradition: Alaskans embrace the culinary and cultural tradition of hooligan
The small fish is considered to be a keystone species for the West Coast.
Tons of fish caught in Russia are sold in America, despite import ban
The United States doesn’t require that seafood imports be traced to their country of origin.
Transboundary Indigenous group declares salmon emergency
The group says Pacific salmon are facing habitat loss and degradation of critical waterways on both sides of the border.
NOAA says revised analysis could allow Southeast king salmon troll fishing, despite ruling
If successful, Southeast trollers might be able to harvest king salmon this summer – if not on the traditional date of July 1, then possibly in August.
Pebble Mine company to pay shareholders who claim they were duped
Plaintiffs say recorded conversations released in 2020 revealed corporate leaders’ lies, but Northern Dynasty Minerals denies wrongdoing.