The Trump administration is promoting aquaculture in federal waters to ease the nation’s seafood trade deficit. But Alaska wants assurances the state’s ban on offshore fish farming will be respected.
Fisheries
Hatchery chum catch sets new Southeast record
The purse seine fleet at Crawfish Inlet south of Sitka caught 900,000 chum salmon on Thursday, a new record chum catch for a one-day opening in Southeast Alaska.
What risk do hatchery fish pose to Prince William Sound’s pinks?
Do hatchery fish that spawn with wild populations pose a threat to those stocks?
Watch Monday’s Ballot Measure 1 forum
Hear an opponent and supporter of Ballot Measure 1 discuss it with reporters for CoastAlaska and the Juneau Empire.
Chinese buyers hesitant to buy Alaskan seafood as U.S. weighs another round of tariffs
In the first round of what seems to be an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, tariffs have been levied on billions of dollars worth of goods in both countries. The Alaskan fishing industry, which harvests roughly 60 percent of all wild seafood in the U.S., has been caught in the crosshairs of…
Locals catch and chow down on invasive species in Kodiak
An informal sport fishery has popped up in Kodiak. For crawdads. They’re crustaceans that look like little lobsters, and they’re native to the Pacific Northwest, but not Alaska. In 2002, they were found scuttling along the bottom of a popular fishing area near Kodiak, in the Buskin River watershed, mainly in the lake. Now, a…
Seafood marketing group says fish meal included in tariff changes, calls for comments
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute recently received clarification about tariff changes, which went into effect on July 6, for Alaska seafood products going into the Chinese domestic market, an organization spokesperson said.
Kake fish hatchery to reopen with new system
A nonprofit bought Kake’s fish hatchery last year and plans to have salmon in the building this fall. The new program will supply chum and king salmon to two different areas near the small town of 600 people as well as a few jobs.
The mysterious case of Alaska’s strange sockeye salmon returns this year
From exceptionally strong to exceptionally weak runs, sockeye salmon leave scientists scratching their heads this year in Alaska.
Researchers study climate change impacts on Sitka Sound kelp forest
Sitka Sound Science Center is hosting researchers from the University of California Santa Cruz who are examining the forests in Sitka Sound.