National Fisherman

Alaska

Restaurants in Anchorage, Alaska, filled up quickly for lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 18, the first day of Lent, with demand high for halibut cheeks and shrimp scampi entrees. Photo courtesy of GotAnotherPhotos

Lent is seafood season despite higher prices

Margaret Bauman

Fishing boat docked in Pillar Point Harbor, San Mateo County. Photo by Gilberto Mesquita / Shutterstock

Federal officials restore commercial fishing safety jobs

Margaret Bauman

New research may help scientists and fisheries managers reduce the bycatch of chum salmon and Chinook salmon in the eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery. Photo courtesy of Roger Tabor / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Western Alaska chum salmon cap set for pollock fishery

Margaret Bauman

King salmon in Alaska waters. Photo courtesy of Kevin Cass / Shutterstock

Kenai, Susitna recreational king fishing closed amid weak runs

NF Staff

Pacific cod in Alaska waters. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

NPFMC recommends big boost in GOA Pacific cod catch limits

Margaret Bauman

About 1 million acres will be made available for lease in Alaska's Cook Inlet, with the first of six planned sales through 2032. Photo graphic by BOEM

BOEM opens nearly 1 million acres in Cook Inlet for new energy lease sale

NF Staff

Bristol Bay fisherman Bill Hill enters U.S. House race. Photo courtesy by the Bill Hill campaign

Veteran Alaska harvester Bill Hill opts to run for US House

Margaret Bauman

Photo courtesy of Alaska Seafood

House moves to tighten residency rules for fishing, hunting licenses

NF Staff

Fishing boats moored at the jetty in St. Paul Harbor, Kodiak. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock / Mystic Stock Photography

Final action on bycatch planned for BSAI groundfish fishery

Margaret Bauman

Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Network’s website shows the alerts issued for paralytic shellfish poisoning along the state’s Gulf Coast. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Ocean Observing System

HAB, climate change research updates presented at AMSS 2026

Margaret Bauman

Following tense U.S.-Canada negotiations, the International Pacific Halibut Commission set the 2026 Pacific halibut harvest at a historic low at last week's meeting. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Sanctions threats loom as IPHC sets historic low 2026 halibut harvest

Carli Stewart