Opinion
2013 salmon numbers look good because of pinks
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released an extensive look at the salmon season just passed…
Opinion
Small crabs, slow fishing reported in Bering Sea
The Bering Sea opilio crab season appears to be on track to be wrapped up in an average…
Opinion
Funding for Kenai smolt study uncertain
Cook Inlet commercial fishing groups are concerned about a potential lack of funding for studying the smolt out-migration…
Opinion
UCIDA again sues over fed management of Cook Inlet salmon fishery
The United Cook Inlet Drift Association has once again filed suit against the federal government over management of…
Opinion
‘Alaska Fish Wars’ airs on Friday
Homer boats and the Upper Cook Inlet salmon drift fishery take center stage Friday when the National Geographic…
Opinion
Halibut quotas higher than expected
The International Pacific Halibut Commission surprised most industry watchers by veering far off course from the staff…
Opinion
Exams again voluntary for some vessels
Coast Guard safety inspections on most vessels traveling more than three nautical miles from shore that had been…
Opinion
Fish board member quits, cites personal reasons
Bill Brown of Juneau has resigned from the Alaska Board of Fisheries half-way through his second term,…
Opinion
Kenai king task force set to meet Jan. 14
The Board of Fisheries Kenai River king salmon task force is back on track after canceling the second…
Opinion
Strong sockeye run predicted for ’13 season
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is predicting another strong run of sockeye salmon to Upper Cook…
Opinion
Many tanner crab areas closed; quotas reduced
The bairdi tanner crab season in Kodiak and along the Alaska Peninsula continues its quota yo-yo this…
Opinion
NMFS hikes fees used for enforcement
The National Marine Fisheries Service added insult to injury to the halibut fleet, which is potentially facing another…
Opinion
Forecast for Bristol Bay sockeye run down from ’12
The Alaska Board of Fisheries met this week in Naknek as residents and other permit holders were grappling…