National Fisherman

Yakutat

YAKUTAT is located at Alaska, Gulf of Alaska in USA

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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