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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...
Petersburg Sport Fishing Report, July 14, 2023
Salmon: King salmon fishing has slowed down as typical during this time of year. Catch rates have dropped in the Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough THA...
State sets commercial troll harvest limit at 74,800 kings
The Department of Fish and Game has announced that 74,800 "treaty" king salmon (non-hatchery fish)...
Commercial Dungeness crab fishery will have normal length
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced last week that the length of the 2023-24 commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast would not be...
In "major victory" for SE Alaska trollers, federal appeals panel reverses king fishery closure
A federal appeals panel issued a last-second ruling Wednesday that will allow this summer’s Southeast Alaska troll Chinook salmon fishery to open...
Grant could help create Southeast squid market
Which came first, the magister squid fishery or the magister squid market? A Juneau charter fishing operator was just awarded a $230,000 grant from...
Lower 48 group plans to seek endangered species listing for SE kings
A Washington state-based conservation group whose actions have already caused the closure of the Southeast Alaska king salmon commercial troll...
Investigation leads to 54 charges filed against halibut guides
Between 2019 and 2021, state and federal law enforcement conducted a lengthy investigation into...
Fishermen tell federal official loss of king troll season will be 'a disaster'
More than 100 salmon trollers packed a Sitka meeting on June 7 with sharp questions about the future of their fishery, facing what could be an...
Find an unknown salmon creek and earn $100
Up until last year, Southeast Alaska’s Mitkof Island was home to a creek with some unique salmon: They only turned left. Officially, anyway. There...
Fishers harvesting abundant Bristol Bay sockeye could fill knowledge gaps about declining Chinook
In the Bristol Bay region, sockeye salmon runs have been booming while Chinook runs have dwindled. Now scientists are seeking to enlist fishing crews... Full story
Wrangell king salmon fishing derby dates set for mid-June
The annual Wrangell King Salmon Fishing Derby has been set for two weekends in June. Rather than have the competition run over a full two weeks from...
Judge rejects request to keep troll fishery open for kings;
The summer commercial troll season for coho and chum salmon will open by regulation on July 1, but no Chinook retention will be allowed, the...
Fishermen, state respond to judge's SE troll ruling
Tom Fisher, a commercial troll fisherman and the president of the board of the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, has been catching...
