Alaska Fishing Industry

Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, site of the world’s biggest sockeye salmon runs, produced a total harvest this year that was a bit smaller than the 20-year average but fetched more dollars for fishers, according to a state summary. The 2026 so…

THE BERING SEA — The net rose from the heaving Bering Sea swells, packed so tightly with Alaska pollock that their heads squeezed through the webbing.

JUNEAU — In the thick of Alaska's primary election season this summer, independent Bill Hill took a break from his U.S. House campaign to return home to Bristol Bay.

In 1915 the United States started building a railroad where no railroad should exist — 470 miles from Seward on the Gulf of Alaska to Fairbanks in the interior, through muskeg, permafrost, avalanches and glacial rivers. There were no highwa…

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The 2026 sockeye salmon run totaled 45.7 million fish, making this the first year since 2014 that the run was below 50 million, according to Fish and Game’s preliminary summary.

Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, site of the world’s biggest sockeye salmon runs, produced a total harvest this year that was a bit smaller than the 20-year average but fetched more dollars for fishers, according to a state summary. The 2026 so…

By SUZANNE DOWNING Sept. 28, 2026 – Bill Hill spent a decade as superintendent of... The post Bill Hill ran Bristol Bay schools right into the ground; Naknek proficiency dropped to 5% appeared first on Alaska Story .

By SUZANNE DOWNING Sept. 26, 2026 – Before Bill Hill entered Alaska’s race for Congress... The post Bill Hill’s transgender policy allowed Bristol Bay boys to use girls’ bathrooms, play on their teams appeared first on Alas…

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Two studies published this summer describe the new species, which were found in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.

Decades of trawl bycatch have taken a toll on Western Alaska salmon while meaningful protections remain out of reach.

The three were initially charged earlier this year by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Anchorage. Despite similar details, the cases are not linked.

This story was originally published by the Anchorage Press.  A California tech company is facing an uproar from local residents and elected officials after launching a drone near the small Alaska fishing town of Homer with a goal fit for a …

Ryan York is promoted to COO of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, and taking his place as CFO is Logan Birch, lately the president and CEO of Alaska Growth Capital. The post C-Suite Changes at Bristol Bay Native Corporation appeared first…

Other major actions include final acceptable biological catch/overfishing limit (ABC/OFL) recommendations for GOA arrowtooth flounder, rex sole and skates.

Independent Bill Hill has advanced in the race for Alaska’s at-large House seat, challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Nick Begich III, Decision Desk HQ projects.  Hill, a Bristol Bay fisherman, advanced alongside Begich in Alaska&#821…

With the 2026 commercial salmon harvests winding down in Alaska, the seafood industry is already calculating how to navigate at a profit in 2027, given dynamic biological, economic, climate and market conditions. Their forecast has a far-re…

The future of Alaska’s fisheries depends on who holds power in Washington.

Aboard the F/V Mirage, hybrid power is saving fuel and money while reducing the emissions that threaten fisheries and coastal livelihoods.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) will meet at the Egan Center in Anchorage, AK, October 5-13, 2026.Scientific and Statistical Committee: October 5-7, 2026Advisory Panel: October 7-9, 2026Council: October 8-13, 2026 The e…

Independent U.S. House candidate Bill Hill brought his campaign to Petersburg last week, fielding questions at a Q&A session hosted at the Harbor Bar and later sitting down with the Petersburg Pilot to make his case for unseating first-…

While most recent federal prosecutions for fatal overdoses involved fentanyl or heroin, cases involving methamphetamine have been relatively rare.

The amount of Dungeness crab fishermen caught at the beginning of the season was the lowest amount in over 30 years, Fish and Game said.

In this newscast: After two years of sitting empty, Juneau’s Marie Drake building will soon see new life; the New Amalga gold mine in Juneau secures a fast federal permitting process; Contract negotiations between University of Alaska and i…

Mountain Dog, a Palmer company that manufactures premium pet treats using 100% wild-caught Alaska salmon, received the State of Alaska’s 2025 Manufacturer of the Year award. Governor Mike Dunleavy and Department of Commerce, Community…

Five days after graduating from high school in 1980, my identical twin brother, Malcolm, and I boarded a plane for Alaska. We were young, restless and convinced we were heading north to make our fortune. We had no idea Alaska would shape th…

Alaska State Troopers on Monday said the 22-year-old’s body was recovered last week near Egegik.

The Democratic candidate for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat suspended his campaign Friday and urged his supporters to vote for Bristol Bay independent candidate Bill Hill.

The state of Alaska’s cull of brown bears around the Mulchatna caribou herd north of Dillingham is not especially controversial among local subsistence hunters and advocates.

To the editor: Alaskans deserve a more robust debate between Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan on fish policy. Both candidates claim to be pro-fish, but Alaska’s fisheries are more complex than simple bumper sticker slogans suggest. Alaska fish…

PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — Many longtime residents of the small Alaska fishing community of Petersburg say they opposed efforts by the state to keep a local man named Dan Sullivan from running in this year's U.S. Senate race, even if…

Many longtime residents of the small Alaska fishing community of Petersburg say they opposed efforts by the state to keep a local man named Dan Sullivan from running in this year’s U.S. Senate race, even if they’re not voting for him.

Washington, D.C., could learn a lot just from going fishing in Bristol Bay.

The loss of local access to commercial fisheries could eventually erode millions of acres of salmon habitat.

Southeast Alaska’s summer commercial Dungeness crab season will close three weeks early, after Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Dungeness harvest estimate came in the lowest in at least 25 years. ADF&G announced Monday, June 29, tha…

  WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, last week introduced the Bycatch Reduction Act, an updated version of bycatch legislation Sen. Sullivan introduc…

Last week, two Alaska Native village corporations urged a federal judge to strike down a sweeping Environmental Protection Agency veto that they say has blocked the development of the long-stalled Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay.

Alaska and fisheries are intrinsically linked, both economically and culturally. Alaska’s fisheries provide for communities and rural economies across the state—and they will do so sustainably, year after year, provided we take care of the …

  Washington, DC—Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) welcomed the announcement of roughly $99 million in funding allocated for Alaska fishery disasters from the U.S. Department of Commerce. This is a step tow…

To the editor: Last week, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council wrapped up its June meeting in Vancouver, Washington. For Interior Alaska communities still waiting on Yukon River salmon to come home, what happened in that room matter…

Today we’re 3,000 miles from home in Fairbanks, Alaska trying The Chowder House. We went with a cup of chowder and a crab roll to see if this spot lives up to the hype. If you know Fairbanks or have…

Subsistence fishermen are fighting the attorney general’s decision to overturn the board’s action.

  At the June Council meeting, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) revised alternatives for analysis of a groundfish fishing area closure on the east side of Kodiak Island. The Council’s objective is to further conse…

For generations, Alaska fishermen have proven that conservation and commercial fishing can coexist, write Alex Jackson and Taylor Lundgren.

Subsistence fishermen are fighting the attorney general’s decision to overturn the board’s action.

Just as hundreds of fishermen begin pouring into the Aleutian Islands ahead of its most productive season, a conflict over restrictions on commercial salmon harvests has erupted. After the Alaska Board of Fisheries passed restrictions on th…

Subsistence fishermen are fighting the attorney general’s decision to overturn the board’s action.

Ocean Station Papa, which collects ocean and climate data, is one of five federal ocean monitoring stations the National Science Foundation plans to dismantle over the next couple of years.