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Revised 2022 regional King Salmon sport fishing regulations for the Petersburg/Wrangell area
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is announcing revised 2022 sport fishing regulations for...
By Fishery managers call for deeper look at salmon bycatch, but decline to tighten rules
Western Alaska villagers have endured the worst chum salmon runs on record, several years of anemic Chinook salmon runs in the Yukon and Kuskokwim... Full story
Petersburg Fishing Report
With the heavy snow pack and delayed melt this spring, rivers, and lakes are now swelling with snowmelt due to the recent warm weather and summer suns...
Happywhale makes whale research accessible and fun
Ted Cheeseman, the co-founder of Happywhale, gave a presentation to the people of Petersburg last...
Senate committee questions definition of sportfishing guide
Legislation to restore and increase the state licensing fee on sportfishing guides and operators ran into problems in the Senate Finance Committee...
Alaska Seafood Processors Pandemic Response Relief Program deadline extended
On May 4 the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED) announced an updated deadline for the Alaska Seafood...
Correction: pod not so super
After hearing from local marine biologist Stephanie Hayes, the Pilot wants to make a correction to...
State forecasts weak returns for Southeast pinks
After a strong return of pink salmon to Southeast last year, state fisheries managers are forecasting a commercial harvest of just over 16 million...
Stikine River federal subsistence chinook salmon fishery closes
Wrangell District Ranger Clint Kolarich announced that the federal subsistence chinook salmon fishery in the Stikine River will close from May 15 to...
Sport fishing regulations for hatchery areas near Petersburg released
The sport fishing regulations for Alaska hatchery-produced king salmon in areas near Petersburg...
Fish Board mostly leaves Sitka herring alone following truce between users
After days of deliberation and a contentious set of proposals targeting the Southeast Alaska herring fisheries, the Alaska Board of Fisheries...
Alaska Fish Factor
The weekly write up about Alaska’s fishing industry began in 1991 in the Anchorage Daily News. Since then, subscribership has grown to nearly 20...
Alaska Fish Factor
The arrival of herring signals the start of Alaska’s spring fisheries and this year’s commercial catch limits from each of the three main areas...
Alaska Fish Factor
Salmon returning home to Alaska hatcheries again accounted for nearly one-third of the 2021...
Aerial herring surveys begin
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game started performing aerial herring surveys in the Sitka Sound...
Alaska Fish Factor: Alaska task force investigating fisheries bycatch has a big, complicated task ahead
Gotta give the Dunleavy Administration credit for being the first to try and get to the bottom of one of Alaska’s most troubling fishing issues: byc...
Alaska Fish Factor
March means more fishing boats are out on the water with the start of the Pacific halibut and sablefish (black cod) fisheries this past Sunday,...
Alaska Fish Factor: Wrangell's Waterbody bath soak wins grand prize in Juneau
Waterbody, operated by Angie Flickinger, of Wrangell, won the grand prize for its Deep Blue Sea Bath Soak at the Alaska Symphony of Seafood awards...
New king salmon sport fishing regulations for Petersburg and Wrangell
The 2022 sport fishing regulations for king salmon in Southeast Alaska and the modifications for...
Alaska Fish Factor: Report looks at Alaska's potential to grow in seaweed business
The U.S. grows less than one-100th of 1% of the world’s $6 billion seaweed market, but Alaska has the goods to grow into a major contributor. A new...
Alaska Fish Factor
Frigid February fishing in Alaska features crabbing from the Panhandle to the Bering Sea, followed in March by halibut, black cod and herring....
Alaska Fish Factor
Seafood is Alaska’s biggest export by far, and state legislators want the federal government to get tougher on trade policies that they say...
Alaska Fish Factor:
Where do most Alaska fishermen live? Which Alaska region is home to the most fishing boats? The answers are in an economic report by the Alaska...
Alaska Fish Factor
Kodiak fishermen are getting an advance price of $8.10 per pound for Tanner crab in the fishery that opened Jan. 15. High crab prices have led all oth...
Alaska Fish Factor: Pacific Halibut Commission will set catch later this month
Wow, there is a lot of fishing going on across Alaska! Salmon is the heart of Alaska’s seafood industry but winter is when the fishing action...
