National Fisherman

Alaska

Former Rep. Mary Peltola. Photo courtesy of Facebook

Peltola highlights subsistence fishing inequities

NF Staff

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Alaska fishing community updates through the shutdown

NF Staff

A newly captured juvenile king salmon rests in a viewing box container, which allows researchers to identify fish species and measure their size. Photo by Johanna Elkins

Smolt tagging project seeks answers to king salmon decline

Margaret Bauman

Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

AK communities left reeling after Typhoon Halong’s deadly surge

NF Staff

Fall run Chinook salmon in California. Photo courtesy of A Birding Naturalist

Chinook salmon immune systems impacted by acute heat

Margaret Bauman

Photo courtesy of CDFW

Fisherman pleads guilty in crab pot theft case

NF Staff

Sexton trawl camera used to collect video footage inside pollock trawls to test the effectiveness of bycatch reduction devices in nets. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Smarter nets and faster data for the Alaska pollock fishery

Carli Clancy

Misty Nielsen hauls in a king salmon at Kanakanak Beach, Dillingham. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Warming water has varied impact on salmon populations

Margaret Bauman

Karl Senner installed a fixed propeller system and Reintjes WF 570 gear in the Kodiak, Alaska-based trawler, Elizabeth F., after the vessel’s controllable pitch propeller system failed late in the 2024 season. Credit: Karl Senner

Reintjes drives innovation in marine propulsion

Paul Molyneaux

Bering Sea commercial snow crab fisheries will open on Oct. 15. Shutterstock photo.

Bering Sea snow crab fishery sees major TAC increase for 2025

Margaret Bauman

Aerial imagery of dragon kelp bed in coastal Alaska. NOAA Fisheries photo by Mandy Lindeberg

NOAA boosts mapping projects to identify areas of wild kelp

Margaret Bauman