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Laine Welch

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Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She has also worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and Cape Cod. Click here to send her an email.

You can read more from Laine at alaskafish.news.

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Captain Robert Hanson comes into Dutch Harbor, Alaska, with blackcod pots on the F/V Oracle.

Alaska fisheries update: Soft markets stall efforts

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

The China problem: Coronavirus creates a bottleneck for Alaska seafood

Frances Leach, executive director of the United Fishermen of Alaska.

Alaska's fish bills: CFEC registration, Board of Fish conflicts, tax credits for new products, crab transport

Crew_Shots_King_crab_Henry_Perales — Deckhand Henry Perales on the Bering Sea crabber Lisa Marie. NF Crew Shots

King crab and closures: Alaska proposes $1 million in commercial fisheries cuts

The Tongass and Chugach rivers contribute on average 48 million fish to Alaska's salmon fishery every year. Sitka Conservation Society.

Tongass study: Forest fish of Alaska

NOTE: OWNER JASON CHANDLER ASKS WE NOT USE THIS AS A GENERIC PHOTO - KM. A Kodiak-based groundfish trawler. Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association photo.

Stutes: Alaska's Fish and Game budget is a top priority

NOAA has $56.3 million in relief funds coming for the 2016 pink salmon fishery failure. — NOAA has $56.3 million in relief funds coming for the 2016 pink salmon fishery failure. National

Pink salmon disaster relief finally on the way

Bering Sea trawlers like the Alaska Knight will be able to catch cod in 2020, but the Gulf of Alaska will be closed except for a small state waters fishery. Corey Arnold photo. — Corey Arnold photo

State will open small Alaska cod fishery

Longlining Alaska Halibut aboard the Dues Payer II. Peter Thompson photo. — Longlining Alaska Halibut aboard the Dues Payer II in Kodiak. Peter Thompson photo.

Halibut in steady decline throughout Pacific, says commission

Sea otters weigh up to 100 pounds and can eat a quarter of their body mass in a day. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo.

Sea otters eating through Alaska fisheries