Looking back at 2020, commercial fishing suffered economic losses from pandemic, other factors.
After no season this year, cod season returns in federal waters for 2021.
Jan. 15 is new deadline for Seafood Trade Relief Program
Young Fishermen’s Development Act passes U.S. Senate, now goes to House
The International Pacific Halibut Commission held its interim meeting last month and lead quantitative scientist Dr. Ian Stewart is recommending a quota increase in all… Continue reading
Upper Cook Inlet fishermen alarmed at proposal to close salmon fishery in Economic Exclusive Zone
Bristol Bay is looking at a smaller sockeye season for 2021, but still in respectable territory. The projected run of 51 million sockeye would allow… Continue reading
Chinook salmon shows biggest decrease in size
Letter sent to NOAA about ongoing bycatch issue
If fish landing tax is overturned, ports could lose millions
If passed, limits would lower bycatch allocation when halibut stocks fall
Sullivan, Gross spar in first-ever virtual fisheries debate
Five legislators ask Dunleavy for disaster declaration
It has been a busy week in the fishing industry, from a spate of false distress calls in Southeast, to an Ocean Beauty worker from… Continue reading
United Fishermen of Alaska, with some financial help from Icicle Seafoods, held an informative webinar last week on the state’s mandate No. 17, which is… Continue reading
The 2020 salmon harvest for Alaska is expected to be down compared to last season, mostly due to a lower forecast for pink salmon, but… Continue reading
It is a very unusual year for herring, to say the least. In addition to, and in some part because of, the crisis created by… Continue reading
