In total, U.S. fishermen landed 9.3 billion pounds of seafood valued at $5.5 billion in 2019. Sixty percent was caught in Alaska.
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US Seafoods apologizes to Unalaska after COVID-positive crew caused widespread exposure at bar
Video footage indicates that as many as 60 people could have been exposed at the Norwegian Rat that night.
With fishing slowed by pandemic, Bering Sea crabbers push for extended season
A group of Bering Sea crabbers say they want more time to catch their quota before the state shuts down their season next week.
Gas shortage on St. Paul Island causing days-long detours for crab boats
The remote island of 375 residents has been expecting its fuel barge for more than two months, but it hasn’t arrived.
New Coast Guard cutter named for sailor buried in Unalaska
This will be the first modern Coast Guard cutter named for an enlisted member of the Revenue Cutter Service.
Haida centenarian to celebrate birthday in Craig
Hamilton’s advice is to be friendly, help others and to not dwell on bad things that may happen in life.
COVID-19 hits second Trident plant in Aleutians as original outbreak grows to 266 cases
COVID-19 has hit another processing plant operated by fishing giant Trident Seafoods — this time aboard one of the corporation’s massive factory trawlers, the Island Enterprise.
COVID-19 closes a third Aleutian plant, stranding Bering Sea fishermen at the dock
In the Aleutian port town of Unalaska, at least five local boats are stuck at the dock with nowhere to deliver their cod after the shutdown of the Alyeska Seafoods processing plant
Worker evacuated from Akutan seafood processor after positive COVID-19 test
Two large seafood processing plants in the Aleutian Islands have been hit with COVID-19 infections as the busy winter pollock fishing season is set to kick off.
During final trip of the season, nearly entire fishing boat crew tests positive for COVID-19
All crew members remain on board, with the one negative individual segregated from the remaining crew.