Alaska

Salmon fishermen on Bristol Bay near Naknek, Alaska. Emma Forsberg photo.

Bristol Bay fishing group calls for state environmental commissioner to step aside

Kirk Moore

1970 World Championship Sardine Packing Contest Champion Rita Willey of Rockland, Maine

Flashback Friday: Sardine packing champ, launch for offshore lobster, remembering Uncle Ted

Jessica Hathaway

Getting in and out of Dutch Harbor was never easy, but an October accident plus COVID-19 led to a RavnAir shutdown and bankruptcy filing. Bri Dwyer photo.

Ups and downs: Alaska’s remote fishing hubs grapple with ferry and flight shutdowns

Bruce Buls

Bristol Bay salmon heads to Chignik as part of a Northline Seafoods and Alaskans Own donation to coastal communities. Northline Seafoods photo

Salmon shares: Fishermen donate 45,000 pounds to communities in need

Jessica Hathaway

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Pebble Mine plan continues its tour of D.C. politics

Jessica Hathaway

Heading out from Cordova for salmon fishing. Paradigm Seafoods LLC photo. — Copper River captain, boatbuilder and NF Highliner Bill Webber Jr. leaves the port of Cordova for Alaska's salmon opener. Paradigm Seafoods photo

Alaska salmon: Bristol Bay a bright spot on landings; Cordova declares disaster

Laine Welch

Bristol Bay Setnet — Captain Shayan Rohani and Deckhand Ryan Higginbotham of the setnet skiff Mosquito haul in a huge low tide switch set of sockeye salmon near the mouth of the Kvichak River in Bristol Bay. Corey Arnold photo

Pebble on blast? Trump Jr. pledges support for Bristol Bay

Jessica Hathaway

Heather Anne Tyson Fick Alaska salmon — Aboard the Heather Anne out of Juneau, Alaska, Tyson Fick cuts off the head of a salmon prior to pressure bleeding. John McCarthy photo

Editor's Log: High quality, low tech

Jessica Hathaway

Salmon seine. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Northern Lights: Responding to the covid market

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Gunner Thorstenson, Captain Bob Thorstenson Jr., Sig Decker and Helen Decker all crewed together this summer on Bob Thorstenson's F/V Vigilant and F/V Magnus Martens out of Petersburg, Alaska. Sig, Helen and fellow crew member Ian Martin were lost in a car accident south of Petersburg late Monday night. Courtesy of the Decker family

Alaska fishing family loses two children in Petersburg accident

Jessica Hathaway

Alaska pollock NOAA — Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

Pandemic demand for frozen foods buoys Alaska pollock

Charlie Ess