National Fisherman

Alaska

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Two fishermen rescued near Kodiak

NF Staff

Photo courtesy of Steve Card

Commercial fishing boats depart for AK

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Alaska's largest groundfish and crab fisheries begin each year's fishing cycle. Photo by Troy Larson

Alaska's winter fisheries kick off: Groundfish, crab, and rising market trends

Laine Welch

Alaska legislative leaders have convened a task force to chart a path to recovery within the state's fishing industry. Photo by Danita Delimont

Alaska charts a course to revive the seafood industry

Carli Stewart

Josh Dunham, left, helps test the new Mustad Autoline pot/longline hauler while fishing golden king crab in Southeast Alaska. “He liked it,” Dunham says of the skipper who tried out the hauler. “He bought the first one.” Mustad Autoline photo.

Mustad Autoline’s latest enhances fishing efficiency

Paul Molyneaux

Genetic research has unveiled significant diversity among Alaska's red king crab populations. Photo by ADF&G

Genetic diversity sparks hope for Alaska's red king crab recovery

Carli Stewart

The prototype electric salmon gurdies designed and built by Chandler Kemp and Kent Barkau worked well and saved energy but would need to be marinized if they are going to be commercialized. Kempy Energetics photo.

Energy-efficient salmon gurdies

Paul Molyneaux

Alaskan fisherman Bart Eaton. Photo courtesy of Trident Seafoods

Remembering an Alaskan fishing legend: Bart Eaton

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Giant Pacific Octopus caught and released during an ADF&G Commercial Fisheries crab survey. Photo by ADF&G

Alaska Board of Fisheries approves octopus fishery in Prince William Sound

Nathan Strout

Angela Wick and Cary Greisen show off Zerofit’s line of Heatrub baselayers, all designed to use the friction created by the wearer’s movement to help generate heat and provide more warmth. Photo by Douglas Zirbel

Northern fishermen gear up with Zerofit's cold weather wear

Paul Molyneaux

Fishing for pollock in the Sea of Okhotsk. Russian Pollock Producers photo.

'All salmon bycatch from one pollock trawl fishery must be retained'

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