National Fisherman

Alaska

A local fisherman talks with students about salmon trolling during an AK On Board crew training workshop in Petersburg. Photo by Emily Scott, Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association

Sea Grant workshops train the future of the fisheries industry

Margaret Bauman

A fishing vessel operates in Alaska waters. Shutterstock photo.

Legislation would expand representation on NPFMC

Margaret Bauman

Wild steelhead like these are among the species Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund dollars are designed to protect, with NOAA Fisheries announcing up to $99 million in grants for West Coast and Alaska conservation projects. NOAA Fisheries photo.

NOAA opens $99 million in Salmon recovery funds for West Coast and Alaska

NF Staff

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has secured more than $10.7 million in federal funding to support international marketing efforts for Alaska seafood. Photo courtesy of ASMI

ASMI secures $10.7M in federal funds to boost global seafood marketing

NF Staff

Salmon harvest prediction of 125.5 million salmon is down 36 percent from 197.4 million a year ago; forecasts on retail prices still remain a wild card. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Retail prices for 2026 Alaska salmon are still a wild card

Margaret Bauman

Boats in the Seward Harbor. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Federal funding targets Alaska ports, boosts coastal infrastructure

NF Staff

According to MJ Jackson, in Bristol Bay, efficiency isn’t a marketing strategy; it’s how the fishery has always worked. Photo courtesy of Northline Seafoods

Low-carbon messaging that actually makes sense on the dock

Carli Stewart

Fishermen doing in-store demonstrations on how to cook fillets of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon will be part of the 2026 marketing campaign for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association. Photo courtesy of the BBRSDA

BBRSDA steps up marketing campaign for robust 2026 season

Margaret Bauman

Officials seized over 50,000 dried shark fins, weighing more than 1,6000 pounds and valued at over $1 million. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

50,000 shark fins seized in Anchorage-linked trafficking case

Carli Stewart

Bob Foy, science and research director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, presents at ComFish Alaska 2026 on AFSC date collection modernization. Photo by Margaret Bauman

AFSC researchers use AI to do more with less

Margaret Bauman

Karl Jordan’s salmon troller, the Samara waiting for the tide to refloat her. For two and a half years before 2025, Sitka had no local haulout and fisherman relied on the grid for whatever work they could do between the tides. Photo courtesy of Eric Jorda

In Sitka the tide provides an economical haul-out alternative

Paul Molyneaux