Southeast Alaska’s first competitive commercial red king crab fishery in eight years opens on Saturday. Ten different areas will be open for the fishery. They’ll be managed individually based on how ...

The commercial Dungeness crab fishery will be delayed in all Fishing Zones due to numerous reported entanglements this year, high abundance of humpback whales, and presence of leatherback sea turtles.

The diesel-powered fishing vessel Mirage is slated to be converted to hybrid diesel-electric propulsion. Alaska Longline ...

In 2018 something happened in the waters surrounding Kodiak Island that had not happened for decades. An explosion of hearty, ...

Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto ...

A commercial Dungeness crab harvester from Alaska has pled guilty to stealing a rival fishers’ gear in a deal that will see him serve jail time, forfeit his fishing vessel, and pay restitution to the ...

Fish and Game says survey results show increases in all sex and size groups of snow crab compared to last year. Large males remain at historic lows, but the population is showing signs of ...

Sep. 9—A 27-year-old crew member died last week after he was fatally injured while working aboard a commercial fishing vessel in the Aleutian Islands. Alaska State Troopers and the boat owner on ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game predicted catch generated from data collected during the first week of the summer fishery has proven to be a reliable assessment tool. The above graph charts the ...

Perry Bordeaux stands in front of his F/V Das Bug at the Port of Newport in this January 2023 photo before the start of the 2023 Dungeness crab season. This story was originally published on ...

WANCHESE — The tourists come from Pennsylvania and Maryland, from South Dakota and Texas, from just about everywhere, to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for a week of sun, water and relaxation. And when ...

Alaska has enacted a new law removing certain commercial fishing cooperative insurance agreements from state regulation, aiming to ease mounting financial pressure on the industry. The measure, House ...