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In a unanimous vote Friday, the Alaska House of Representatives approved a major boost for the state’s commercial fishing fleet. Photo courtesy of Danita Delimont

Alaska passes bill to ease insurance burden for fishermen

Carli Clancy

All images belong to Bay Weld Boats.

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 Clancy

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