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Alaska

U.S. allocates $39.5M for Bering Sea snow crab disaster

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Photo by Discovery Uk YouTube Channel/ The Deadliest Catch

‘Deadliest Catch’ star’s ‘wake up moment’ got him clean

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Photo by Peter Pan

Peter Pan investor wins auction for company’s assets

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Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Cook Inlet fisheries to get $9.4M slice of disaster relief pie

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‘Deadliest Catch’ star poses with Alaska U.S. House candidate

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$277 million in funding will be transmitted to the PSMFC for Alaska fishery disasters for salmon and crab fisheries from 2020-2023. Photo by Maxim Gorishniak

$277 million for Alaska fishery relief

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Vance calls on the state government to request a federal fishery disaster declaration following low salmon returns. Photo by Troutnut on Shutterstock

Rep. Vance calls for federal disaster declaration due to low pink salmon returns

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Sitka Community Boatyard update. Photo by GPIP

Update on the Sitka Community Boatyard

Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association

The crew of the 58-foot Lucid Dream, out of Cordova, Alaska, empty black cod from a string of slinky pots. Trademarked as Cod Coils, the pots are easy to handle, and all 50 in a string can be collapsed and safely stacked on deck. Photo by Ezekiel Brown

The skinny on slinky pots

Paul Molyneaux

The outlook for the Bering Sea snow crab fishery remains gleam, but the younger crab population is growing once more with the water cooling. Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Snow crab comeback? Signs of recovery in the Bering Sea

Carli Stewart

King crab vessels are particularly vulnerable to weather changes because they load their pots in port and may steam for more than 24 hours before reaching their fishing grounds. Photo by Hockema Group

Safety rules still lacking five years after Scandies Rose and Destination losses

Paul Molyneaux