National Fisherman

Yakutat

YAKUTAT is located at Alaska, Gulf of Alaska in USA

YAKUTAT WEATHER

Members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council listen to testimony during their December meeting in Anchorage. Photo by Margaret Bauman

NPFMC sets 2026-27 groundfish TACs for Alaska waters

Margaret Bauman

A study released by NOAA stated that the snow crab collapse was due to the marine heatwave. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Study sheds light on what caused the Bering Sea snow crab collapse

NF Staff

Photo courtesy of Earth Justice

Contamination safeguards of transboundary mining questioned

Margaret Bauman

Sitka, Alaska, fisherman, Jeff Farvour, gaffs a salmon aboard his 40-foot troller, the Apollo. A lawsuit by the Wild Fish Conservancy almost closed the Southeast Alaska salmon troll fishery in 2023, and the fishermen’s struggle with the litigious organiza

The Wild Fish Conservancy’s never-ending lawsuits

Paul Molyneaux