National Fisherman

Alaska

According to MJ Jackson, in Bristol Bay, efficiency isn’t a marketing strategy; it’s how the fishery has always worked. Photo courtesy of Northline Seafoods

Low-carbon messaging that actually makes sense on the dock

Carli Stewart

Fishermen doing in-store demonstrations on how to cook fillets of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon will be part of the 2026 marketing campaign for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association. Photo courtesy of the BBRSDA

BBRSDA steps up marketing campaign for robust 2026 season

Margaret Bauman

Officials seized over 50,000 dried shark fins, weighing more than 1,6000 pounds and valued at over $1 million. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

50,000 shark fins seized in Anchorage-linked trafficking case

Carli Stewart

Bob Foy, science and research director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, presents at ComFish Alaska 2026 on AFSC date collection modernization. Photo by Margaret Bauman

AFSC researchers use AI to do more with less

Margaret Bauman

Karl Jordan’s salmon troller, the Samara waiting for the tide to refloat her. For two and a half years before 2025, Sitka had no local haulout and fisherman relied on the grid for whatever work they could do between the tides. Photo courtesy of Eric Jorda

In Sitka the tide provides an economical haul-out alternative

Paul Molyneaux

Doug Bowen, founder, and Maddie Lightsey, president of Alaska Boats & Permits in Homer, are participants in ComFish Alaska 2026 in Kodiak. Photo by Margaret Bauman

Optimism rising for Alaska fishing boat and permit sales

Margaret Bauman

European Union rules raise red flags for Alaska seafood exports. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

New EU CATCH rules could snarl Alaska seafood trade

NF Staff

NOAA Fisheries has taken the next step in exploring offshore aquaculture development in Alaska. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

NOAA eyes Alaska aquaculture, opens door for public input

NF Staff

Sorting and weighing fish on deck on the 2022 Bering Sea groundfish survey aboard the F/V Alaska Knight. Photo courtesy of Emily Markowitz/NOAA Fisheries.

Alaska lawmakers weigh trawl ban as salmon crisis fuels debate

NF Staff

According to Alaska Fish News, the first peek at Alaska 2026 statewide salmon forecast indicates a big decline in catches. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Alaska salmon harvest projected down sharply in 2026

Laine Welch

A new study released by a global seafood alliance contends that bottom trawling undermines local food systems by displacing small-scale fisheries. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Study argues serious impacts of bottom trawling on food security

Margaret Bauman