A proposal aimed at developing a harvest strategy to reintroduce a golden king crab fishery in Prince William Sound was rejected on Tuesday, March 10 during the Alaska Board of Fisheries statewide king and tanner crab meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Cordova District Fishermen United (CDFU) had sought to reintroduce the fishery for the northern […]
The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers says per capita domestic consumption of Pollock rose by 38 percent to 0.988 pounds per person in 2019, a level not seen since 2016. That was the conclusion of a new analysis of US markets released by GAPP on Monday, March 2, in Seattle, Wash., which included […]
According to the latest Fisheries of the US Report issued by NOAA Fisheries earlier this month, Dutch Harbor retained its title, for the 22nd consecutive year, as the nation’s top fishing port by volume, with 763 million pounds landed in 2018. The annual federal report ranks Alaska first, among all states, in volume with […]
A new escapement goal for late-run Chinook salmon into the Kenai River approved in mid-February by the Alaska Board of Fisheries has some commercial harvesters on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula concerned that it will limit setnet opportunities. On Feb. 14 the board approved in a 5-2 vote substitute language for proposal 104, which was submitted […]