National Fisherman

Alaska

Margaret Bauman photo.

Copper River harvest appears to be tracking below forecast

Margaret Bauman

Jamie O'Connor, deputy executive director of AMCC. Photo courtesy of AMCC

Stronger federal support for AK fisheries

NF Staff

Seward, AK harbor in southern Alaska, set on an inlet on the Kenai Peninsula. Photo courtesy of Chansak Joe / Shutterstock

Resilient in the face of change: Alaska's waterfronts

Carli Stewart

Photo courtesy of Net Your Problem / Jasmine Butler

Catcher-processor fleet launches first net recycling day

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In 2024,, Lisa, Brian Gabriel, and others experimented with beach seining to harvest sockeye salmon without harming Chinooks. Some of the crew are learning to haul the nets on a beach in Upper Cook Inlet. Photo by Brian Gabriel

Cook Inlet setnetters told to wait for 2027

Paul Molyneaux

A Gillnet boat in Cordova, Alaska. Coleman Peebles photo - Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Copper River opener sockeye harvest well below forecast

Margaret Bauman

David Grimes, an artist in Cordova, Alaska, and participant in the Arts for Nature project focused on protecting wild salmon habitat and the Prince William Sound/Copper River Delta bioregion. Photo by Paul Scannell.

International artists project advocates for wild salmon habitat

Margaret Bauman

Photo by Global Seafood

Seafood Producers Cooperative response to WFC lawsuit

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Total catches fell more than 60 percent; salmon weight dropped by over 50 percent. Photo courtesy of Laine Welch

North Pacific 2024 salmon catches were the lowest since 1988

Laine Welch

King Cove, Alaska processing plant. Photo courtesy of Peter Pan Seafood

Pacific Seafood may acquire Peter Pan’s shuttered King Cove Plant

Chris Chase

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Insurance bill for Alaska harvesters clears state legislature

Margaret Bauman