(Anchorage) – The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) adopted several proposals on miscellaneous shellfish including Prince William Sound shrimp, Cook Inlet Tanner crab, and east and west Cook Inlet razor clams at its March 2025 meeting in Anchorage. Regulatory changes are summarized below as a service but not as a complete digest of all regulations. The […]
(Prince William Sound) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) would like to remind shrimpers that the 2024 Prince William Sound (PWS) noncommercial (sport and subsistence) shrimp season closes by regulation at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, September 15, 2024. All PWS shrimp permit harvest and effort information is important and must be reported online no […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola (Alaska) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately halt shrimp imports into the United States from India, following concerning reports of severe food and safety issues and labor violations in Indian shrimp processing facilities. The reports highlight that shrimp imported from […]
Kumitgarpak – Shrimp Kumitgarpat piturnirtaartut. – Shrimp are tasty. There are five species of shrimp in Gulf of Alaska waters—including coonstripe, sidestripe, humpy, northern, and spot varieties. The Alaska spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros) is the largest and a popular addition to dinner tables. These tasty invertebrates are found from northern British Columbia to the eastern […]