National Fisherman

Alaska

The China-flagged Xue Long 2 is one of five Chinese research vessels being monitored by the U.S. Coast Guard operating in U.S. Arctic waters. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

US Coast Guard tracking Russian, Chinese vessels approaching Alaska

Margaret Bauman

Juvenile king salmon. NMFS photo.

Deadline approaches for Pacific Salmon Commission grants

Margaret Bauman

Tito Marquez at 10th & M Seafoods in Anchorage with freshly caught Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. Margaret Bauman photo.

Alaska salmon harvest tops to 129 million fish

Margaret Bauman

Jamie Goen, executive director of Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers, aboard the F/V Bristol Mariner during the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery. Photo courtesy of Jamie Goen.

Vessel registration begins for Alaska crab fisheries

Margaret Bauman

The indictments announced on Monday, Aug. 4, were handed down on July 17 and executed at the end of July, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska. Shutterstock photo.

Five Alaska harvesters charged in halibut fishing conspiracy

Margaret Bauman

The federal district court in Anchorage entered final judgment against three Kodiak, Alaska-based commercial fishing companies and their manager for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act, Aug. 1, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Fishing companies fined for oil discharges into Alaska waters

Margaret Bauman

An electronic monitoring camera mounted on the troll pole of a commercial fishing boat in Southeast Alaska films all the fish coming on board from a longline set. AI will be used to review footage and recognize fish species for catch accounting. Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association photo.

Grant will aid use of AI in electronic monitoring for Alaska halibut harvesters

Margaret Bauman

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Demand remains high as Alaska's sockeye salmon harvest hits 48 million fish

Margaret Bauman

Retired commercial fisherman and award-winning fisherpoet Patrick Dixon, a board member of the Olympia Poetry Network, and a past poetry editor of National Fisherman magazine's quarterly North Pacific Focus. His work has been included in several anthologies, including the Washington State Book Award-winning anthologies Take a Stand: Art Against Hate and I Sing the Salmon Home. Photo courtesy of Patrick Dixon.

Fisherpoet Patrick Dixon recounts lessons learned from a life at sea

Margaret Bauman

Fisherman collect massive amounts of data, and can share with fishery managers. Rob Terry, founder of Seafood AI, believes they should get paid for it, with a cut of the premium prices earned by certified sustainable seafood. Seafood AI photo.

AI Innovations turn fisherman’s data into dollars

Paul Molyneaux

NOAA vessel Bell M. Shimada, one of the vessels on the 2022 International Year of the Salmon Expedition, docked in Alaska. NOAA Fisheries photo provided by the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission in Vancouver, Canada.

eDNA uncovers salmon winter habitat usage in Northeast Pacific Ocean

Margaret Bauman