Alaska

PME 2021 Campaign Pic — Micki Schwarz, Chris Dabney and David Jennings work the net of the F/V Lady Rose on the Naknek River in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Bri Dwyer photo

It’s on: Pacific Marine Expo returns to Seattle

Jessica Hathaway

Shrimp boats tied up in Venice, La. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Finchlake2000.

USDA spends $70.9 million on domestic seafood

Jessica Hathaway

Cordova, Alaska. Cheryl Ess photo

Alaska’s salmon season starts soon, plus pot shrimp, Dungeness, halibut and more…

Laine Welch

Logan and Bethany Branstiter co-captain the F/V B-Team in Alaska's Nushagak Bay, drift gillnetting sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay. Crew Shots photo

Alaska salmon: With pandemic experience, fleet gears up for expected 2021 harvest

Charlie Ess

The crew of the F/V Devotion easily handles a lightweight CodCoil pot with live blackcod. Ryan Johnson photo

Editor’s Log: Spring a trap

Jessica Hathaway

Avocado Toast with Beet Cured Alaska Salmon. Photo ASMI

Northern Lights: Alaska Seafood’s time is now

Guest Author

The crew of the F/V Vansee (above) preps new CodCoil, or slinky, pots. The gear is made for longliners tired of feeding whales a seafood buffet and is noted for being collapsible and lightweight. Shawn McManus photo.

Off the hook: Slinky pots revolutionize Alaska’s blackcod fishery

Brian Hagenbuch

Off-loading Alaska halibut. Earl D. Walker/Shutterstock

Cut off: Council makes sweeping changes on public input

Jessica Hathaway

Ben Ahrens with his wife Shelby and three sons, Brayden, 11, Colben, 9, and 7-year-old Laeth.

Who we are: Ben Ahrens

Charlie Ess

Alaska cod: Gulf cod stocks creep back, but Bering and Aleutian still down

Charlie Ess

This view of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska was taken from NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory as part of the Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons (ASCENDS) experiment. Peter Griffith/NASA

Salmon snag: Alaska judge strikes against Donlin mine permit

Jessica Hathaway