Halibut

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

Alaska Bering Sea crab crew pulls a pot on deck. ASMI/Chris Miller photo

Alaska bycatch updates: Task force meets this week

Laine Welch

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

Council cuts Alaska halibut bycatch caps for groundfish fleet

Jessica Hathaway

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s All Hands on Deck meeting will be hosted virtually from Juneau, Nov. 9-12. ASMI photo

Down to Business: Alaska’s All Hands on Deck goes live

Jessica Hathaway

The Vansee has been in the Odegaard family since the early 1960s. A partial owner since the late 1960s, Odegaard bought out his father Nils in 1982, and Odegaard’s son, also Nils, now crews.

Boat of the Month: Vansee

Brian Hagenbuch

Bering Sea pollock fishing — Pollock survey. NOAA photo

Trawl overhaul? Alaska fishermen go to bat for kings and crabs

Jessica Hathaway

James Aaron Stevens was owner and captain of the F/V Alaskan Star when he misreported catches in 2014 to 2017, according to federal prosecutors. International Pacific Halibut Commission photo.

Alaska captain hit with $1 million fine, six-month sentence for misreporting

Brian Hagenbuch

Dungeness crab. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Alaska’s Dungeness crab prices double, halibut and blackcod also on the rise

Laine Welch

Maritime Fabrications is finishing off this 48-footer as a coastal crabber and Dungeness tender for Puget Sound. Maritime Fabrications photo.

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Level-wind pivot named in honor of bay fisherman; gillnetters get repowered at Southeast Alaska boatyard

Michael Crowley

The F/V Woodstock, a blackcod and halibut longliner out of Sitka, Alaska. Photo by Joshua Roper/Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

Alaska halibut and blackcod: As market recovers from covid, biomass future looks bright

Charlie Ess

Cordova, Alaska. Cheryl Ess photo

Alaska’s salmon season starts soon, plus pot shrimp, Dungeness, halibut and more…

Laine Welch