Alaska

Alaska Bering Sea crab crew pulls a pot on deck. ASMI/Chris Miller photo

Surveys bode bad seasons ahead for Bering Sea crabbers

Charlie Ess

Sockeye salmon. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Salmon set netters cut out of sockeye run again

Charlie Ess

Commercial Fishing Photo Stories: Bristol Bay in the Summer

Bri Dwyer

The Libby 76 sailing along Knutson Bay. The proposed road to develop the Pebble Mine would be located directly above the beach in this photo. Bristol Bay advocates seek conservation easements there. Kate Troll photo.

Libby 76 sails into all-time record sockeye harvest

A Bristol Bay fishing vessel in rough seas. Nora Skeele photo.

Wild Abundance: Surviving a record-breaking salmon season in Bristol Bay

Families in the village of Newhalen on Lake Iliamna sailed with the crew of the restored Bristol Bay fishing boat Libby 76 to experience what the salmon fishery was like under sail in the early 20th century. Scott Bartlett photo.

Families set sail on historic Bristol Bay boat as salmon season booms

Gillnetters line up to deliver to the tender in Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery. — Gillnetters line up to deliver to the tender in Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo

Bristol Bay sockeye harvest breaking records, as hoped

NF Staff

Chinook salmon. NOAA photo.

Lower effort, fuel costs slow Alaska summer salmon trolling

Charlie Ess

The crew of the Libby 76, John Miles, Scott Bartlett and Johanne Willrich sailing into Pedro Bay. Kate Troll photo.

Restored Bristol Bay boat reaches Pedro Bay

The Libby 76, a restored Bristol Bay fishing sailboat, sets off July 5 on a 100-mile journey from Homer to Naknek on the Kvichak River. Kate Troll photo.

Historic sailboat commemorates 137 years of Bristol Bay fishery

A fisheries observer examines Alaska pollock on a trawler. NMFS image.

New genetic data fuels debate over Bering Sea salmon bycatch

Charlie Ess