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Alaska

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Bay Weld Boats delivers new shallow-draft seiner

Ben Hayden

The catcher-processor Arctic Storm, as seen in 2007 in Seattle. The vessel remains hard at work in the Bering Sea pollock fishery and is taking part in the trawl industry’s Gear Innovation Initiative. Wesley Loy photo.

Alaska’s pollock industry looks to get to the bottom of a rising criticism

Wesley Loy

NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) is navigating severe staffing shortages and budget uncertainties heading into 2025. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Alaska Fisheries Science Center presses forward amid budget strains

NF Staff

Aerial view of Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library

Alaska’s limited entry system still questioned fifty years later

Carli Stewart

May 22 officially starts Alaska's 2025 salmon season at Copper River. Photo courtesy of Copper River King Salmon

2025 Copper River salmon opener announced

Laine Welch

The 70-foot Miss Tiffanie, a Delta Marine Industries boat built in 1982, is at anchor in Lituya Bay, Alaska. On its 2021 journey to western Alaska, the boat had to carry buoys outside the traps when transiting Canadian waters.

Boat of the month: Miss Tiffanie

Paul Molyneaux

Natural remedies for seasickness, muscle pain, and endurance

Paul Molyneaux

Alaska sockeye. Photo by Gerald Peplow

Kodiak family charged for setnet permit scheme

NF Staff

The Alaska Pacific halibut fishery is way off pace from last year, reports Laine Welch. Photo by Earl D. Walker

Pacific halibut fishery gets off to a slow start with high prices

Laine Welch

The US Department of Health and Human Services under Robert Kennedy Jr. recently dissolved the NIOSH, which has supported safety training that saves lives and taxpayer dollars on reduced search and rescue operations. Photo by Fishing Partnership

AMSEA sounds mayday as safety program faces shutdown

Paul Molyneaux

Representative Louise Stutes (R-AK). Photo courtesy of Louise Stutes for State Senate Facebook page

Alaska’s commercial fishermen get boost from Rep. Stutes

NF Staff