The legal fight centered on a Metlakatla man charged with illegally fishing in waters just outside the state’s only Native reservation.
Fisheries
Bering Sea crabbers and communities are struggling with Alaska’s snow crab decline
The crash has pushed the crab fleet farther north while forcing places like St. Paul to consider major budget shortfalls.
Unalaska fisherman hopes youth program can revitalize island’s fishery
Unalaska fisherman Dustan Dickerson says the program is one way to get a new generation into the industry.
Southeast Alaska gillnetters are part of a national study on commercial fishing and sleep
There’s a lot of research on sleep deprivation and shift workers like truckers, but there’s nearly nothing on fishermen.
Record commercial herring harvest wraps up in Sitka Sound
Herring stocks are strong this year because of big numbers of six-year-old fish, born in 2016.
Mariculture conference in Juneau builds momentum for budding industry
Supporters of mariculture in Alaska are working to build a $100 million industry out of shellfish and seaweed over the next two decades.