National Fisherman

Alaska

Fishing vessel Kaia. Photo courtesy of the Velsko family/ Sam Wolf photo credits

A fishing family’s journey to unlock the full value of catch

Erik Velsko

ADF&G published a dozen announcements last Tuesday intending to protect the dwindling king salmon stocks in the Cook Inlet region. Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish & Game

Kenai River king salmon closures announced for third year

Carli Stewart

Maritime Fabrication modified the Starship from a strictly Bristol Bay gillnetter for fishing Southeast Alaska salmon and halibut. with a new deck drum and stern roller making hauling and setting longline gear easier. Maritime Fabrication photo.

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Conversion broadens horizons for an Alaska gillnetter

Michael Crowley

Lawyers representing the Cook Inlet drift fleet fired off the latest in a volley of court actions. Photo courtesy of UCIDA

Cook Inlet drift fleet battles on in court

Charlie Ess

Bering Sea snow crab season reopens among other fisheries. Photo by ddxfinder on Shutterstock

Bering Sea snow crab fishery reopens, but challenges remain

NF Staff

Deadliest Catch boats ranked

NF Aggregator

DOGE Alaska is a group of citizens who are researching waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s a project and not a formal organization. Photo by Mary Capriole

$2.4M grant found supporting tribal households

NF Staff

A small king crab fishery was approved by the Alaska Board of Fisheries for Southeastern parts of the state. Photo by NOAA Fisheries

King crab fishery approved in Southeast AK

Nathan Strout

Photo by Salmon Hatcheries for AK

Alaska Board of Fisheries rejects hatchery production cuts

NF Staff

Heather Douville returns home with a day’s harvest of sea otters. After years of practice, Douville can skin an otter in about ten minutes, and she passes the traditional knowledge she has acquired on to Indigenous youth. Photo by Michael Douville

Keeping the balance: Tlingit hunter fights for shellfish and tradition

Paul Molyneaux

Kinematics Bristol Bay Gillnetter — Kevin Wilson, deckhand on the F/V Curragh, standing on the back deck of a 32-foot salmon gillnetter on his first day of the season in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Naknek River fishing district. Kinematics Marine Equipment

Bristol Bay data show widening gap in fishermen’s earnings

Charlie Ess