National Fisherman

Alaska

File photo of a U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Bradley Pigage.

Nine rescued from crab boat grounded in Pribilof Islands

Margaret Bauman

Seafood aficionados appear to be largely unfazed by higher retail prices for Bristol Bay red king crab. Shutterstock photo.

King crab aficionados demand crab, no matter the price

Margaret Bauman

The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers is a nonprofit organization that promotes U.S.-caught wild Alaska pollock. Shutterstock photo.

GAPP elects new directors and officers

NF Staff

Sitka, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Oceana appeals court ruling over Gulf of Alaska environment

Margaret Bauman

Jerry Dzugan (left), former executive director of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, with Zhongfu Ge, ABS technology manager, at the training tool handover ceremony at the AMSEA headquarters in Sitka, Alaska. ABS photo.

ABS unveils simulation-based stability training for commercial fishermen

NF Staff

Photo courtesy of Bristol Bay Forever

New poll shows strong support for permanent Bristol Bay protections

NF Staff

Members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council listen to testimony during their December meeting in Anchorage. Photo by Margaret Bauman

NPFMC sets 2026-27 groundfish TACs for Alaska waters

Margaret Bauman

A study released by NOAA stated that the snow crab collapse was due to the marine heatwave. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Study sheds light on what caused the Bering Sea snow crab collapse

NF Staff

Photo courtesy of Earth Justice

Contamination safeguards of transboundary mining questioned

Margaret Bauman

Sitka, Alaska, fisherman, Jeff Farvour, gaffs a salmon aboard his 40-foot troller, the Apollo. A lawsuit by the Wild Fish Conservancy almost closed the Southeast Alaska salmon troll fishery in 2023, and the fishermen’s struggle with the litigious organiza

The Wild Fish Conservancy’s never-ending lawsuits

Paul Molyneaux

The Hannah, Northline Seafoods' 110-foot freezer barge, at work in Bristol Bay in the summer of 2025. Photo by Chris Miller

Passion for Bristol Bay salmon fishery runs deep with Northline Seafoods

Margaret Bauman