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Emergency fisheries assessments sought after 105,000-gallon tailings spill at Kensington Mine
Emergency federal government assessments are being sought for a spill of more than 105,000 gallons of tailings slurry at the Kensington Mine that occu...
Federal budget bill includes money to buy a Coast Guard icebreaker to be based in Alaska
Money to purchase an icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard to be based in Juneau is in a pending federal defense bill more than a year after similar... Full story
Sitka Herring Fishery on 2-Hour Notice
The Department of Fish and Game placed the Sitka Sound sac roe fishery on two-hours notice as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, signaling seiners will have two...
Guideline harvest level for Sitka Sound Herring Sac Roe Fishery at record high, amidst declining market conditions
Herring roe ripens as the fish get ready to spawn; their small, white, hard eggs become golden,...
Southeast golden king crab fishery to open with much higher harvest level
The 2024 commercial Tanner crab and golden king crab season in Southeast opens Feb. 17 at noon, and...
Executive order bars imports of Russian fish that is processed in other countries
Russian seafood will no longer be legally allowed in U.S. markets after it is processed in China,...
Alaska fishermen will be allowed to harvest lucrative red king crab in the Bering Sea
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab for the first time in two years, offering a slight reprieve to the...
Federal fisheries agency conducts new analysis of king harvest
Commercial trolling for king salmon in Southeast is back on the desk of the National Marine Fisheries Service, following on judicial rulings this...
Petersburg Sport Fishing Report
Salmon: This fall has presented challenges for coho fishing as the rain has continually swelled the streams, giving the fish the advantage. If you...
Pink salmon harvest volume exceeds preseason forecast with lower value
Commercial salmon fishing in Southeast is mostly finished for the year and the volume of salmon caught far exceeded expectations, but due to low...
Commercial golden king crab fishery anticipates changes after task force meetings
Local fishing industry representatives met with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) in...
Stikine Sportsmen put up $2,500 reward in illegal cow moose kill
WRANGELL — The Stikine Sportsmen Association is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever illegally killed a...
Moose hunt mid-season check-in
As of Oct. 3, hunters have harvested a total of 70 moose in the 2023 RM038 moose hunt, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Six of...
Fall Dungeness opens Oct. 1 with 1.3 million pounds expected
The numbers are in from the summer season of the Southeast Alaska commercial Dungeness crab fishery which closed in mid-August. Over the two months...
In new challenges to Tongass 'Roadless Rule,' pro-logging arguments have disappeared
The state of Alaska, a coalition of business groups and a pair of electric-power organizations have opened a new round in the generation-long fight...
Commercial golden king crab fishermen hopeful for management changes following record-breaking season
Golden king crabs appear to have returned to Frederick Sound en masse after years of low commercial...
State grants limited opening for kings; nine per troller
The Southeast king salmon troll fishery opened Friday, Sept. 1, for the third time this summer, though relatively few fish remain in this year’s...
SE red and blue king crab fishery closed for 2023-2024 season
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the commercial red and blue king crab fishery for the 2023-2024 season, the sixth year in a row,...
Oversupply and inflationary pressure on consumers drag down salmon prices
Oversupply from bumper harvests last year and inflationary pressures squeezing household food budgets have made it a terrible year for Alaska salmon...
Petersburg Sport Fishing Report
Salmon: Coho salmon are now dominating the harvest in saltwater. Trolling for them in Frederick Sound around Beacon Point or Frederick Point might...
Petersburg Sport Fishing Report
Salmon: King salmon fishing in the Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough THA closed on July 31. It is still possible to encounter a king while trolling for...
Bristol Bay fishermen fume over low prices, but processors say they're hurting too
A few times this summer, Jared Danielson, who fishes for salmon on the Alaska Peninsula, found... Full story
Humpback calf disentangled near Juneau
NOAA Fisheries whale experts were on the water near Juneau most of Monday, July 17, disentangling a...
Southeast commercial king salmon harvest closed July 12
The Southeast Alaska commercial troll fishery closed to the retention of chinook salmon at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, July 12. That’s when the Alaska...