National Fisherman

Blackcod

Freshly inserted cotton corking is easily visible between the Terron’s hull planks. It’s the first time the 95-year-old crabber and blackcod boat's planking — originally built wood-to-wood —needed to be corked. David Peterson photo.

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After 95 years, a California crabber gets tightened up

Michael Crowley

Captain Shawn McManus proudly holds a pot-caught blackcod on the F/V Vansee. Courtesy Shawn McManus photo.

Blackcod fishermen’s ‘gear switching’ challenges Pacific Fishery Management Council

Charlie Ess

Alaska Seafood Marketing’s All Hands on Deck meet this week

Juvenile blackcod. NMFS photo.

Surveys look promising for blackcod and halibut

Charlie Ess

Gill net fishing practices on Kotzebue Sound are among many issues on the agenda for the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting season starting in October. ADF&G photo.

Cod, salmon at top of agenda as Alaska Board of Fisheries gears up

Charlie Ess

Black Cod with Miso at Nobu Barcelona, made with Alaska sablefish (black cod). Beth Short-Rhoads photo.

Half a World Away

Reuben and Clifton Ivanoff and their family have fished on the New Dawn since 2000. Charlie Ess photo.

New splashes in Alaska

Charlie Ess

The 2020 Fisheries of the United States report shows an industry worth $4.8 billion - even with a 10 to 15 percent decline from covid-19. Doug Stewart photo.

NOAA says status report shows U.S. fisheries 'on track' with rebuilding

Kirk Moore

Keith Singleton of Alaskan Leader (middle) accepts the Bristol Bay Choice Award from Lilani Dunn and Michael "MJ" Jackson of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.

Seaweed, salmon and sablefish win big in Alaska seafood competition

Jessica Hathaway

Ivan Svasand joins Alaskan Leader Seafoods as the new project manager for the company’s Value Added Divisions. Alaskan Leader Seafoods photo

Alaskan Leader Seafoods brings a full roster to Boston

Jessica Hathaway

The crew of the F/V Devotion easily handles a lightweight CodCoil pot with live blackcod. Ryan Johnson photo

Fishermen give feedback on gear innovations

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