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This summer researchers at Kodiak saw the first signs of potential recovery with beach seine catches of tiny first year cod. Age-0 Pacific cod are smaller (5-9 cm) and generally restricted to shallow depths. This set was deployed along the 3 m depth cont.

Researchers are seeing young cod return to the Gulf of Alaska

Sockeye salmon. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Milestone Gulf of Alaska salmon study set for winter 2019

Chinook salmon. Hagerty Ryan/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo.

Early salmon prices point to good paydays across Alaska

A seiner fishing for salmon off the coast of Raspberry Island, Alaska. Nancy Heise photo.

Alaska salmon catch down by a third in most regions

Alaska snow crab. NOAA photo.

Alaska crabbers gearing up for fall Bering Sea fisheries

On July 11, U.S. President Donald Trump added a 10 percent tariff on all seafood sent from China to the U.S.

Trump's tariffs: Major economic hit expected as US-China trade war escalates

Alaska Fish & Game workers on Rabideux Creek, a tributary to the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, take readings as part of habitat measurements and fish assessments to better understand what spawning conditions are preferred by salmon here. USFWS ph.

Stand for Salmon initiative lacks support from Alaska gubernatorial candidates

A tank of hagfish. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Alaska biologists testing the waters for Southeast hagfish fishery

An Alaska razor clam. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Alaska's only commercial razor clam fishery opens this month

Salmon fishermen at Cook Inlet, Alaska. Cortni Ruth photo.

Cook Inlet bait herring and smelt net big payouts for few participants