Monday, February 26, 2024

A drug investigator for Bristol Bay

Part of the investigator’s job will be to coordinate with Alaska Wildlife Troopers to curb drug trafficking on commercial fishing boats in the summer, the state’s public safety commissioner says.

Effort to list Alaska king salmon under Endangered Species Act is ‘‘wrongheaded’ use of law, Murkowski says

Unalaska city officials are looking to walk away from island’s geothermal project

At parliamentary committee, Yukon First Nations, advocates push for Chinook salmon protection

Swinomish tribal community plans to sue EPA over stream temperatures
harming salmon

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alert returns home to Astoria for the last time

Commentary: Federal legislation would provide necessary funding to protect Alaska salmon, other wildlife

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

‘The true cost of cheap seafood’

Trident CEO Joe Bundrant addresses a seafood worker scandal
in China.

Kodiak Electric’s impending rate increase partially due to lower energy sales to fish processors

Crew training program aims to ‘hook’ new deckhands

Long, expensive dredging project wraps up in Petersburg

B.C. First Nation suing Canadian government over fishery closure

Oregon lawmakers call for pause on offshore wind energy plans

How a tradition during Lent led to the creation of the Filet-O-Fish

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Alaska troll fishery legal battle

Commercial fishermen and coastal communities anxiously wait as a case centering on king salmon and killer whales works its way through the courts.

B.C. court issues landmark decision on indigenous fishing rights

Do Alaska kelp farms provide habitat for native species?

Oxygen monitoring sensors deployed in fishing pots could aid fishing industry

What’s the best fast-food fish sandwich?

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Course change for Unalaska energy

The city is pulling out of the Makushin geothermal project.

B.C. seeks properties allegedly tied to illegal crab sales scheme

Southeast Alaska northern area golden king crab fishery to close with quota nearly reached

‘Alaska Fisheries Report’ from KMXT in Kodiak

Better culverts are fish friendly

Friday, March 1, 2024

Far north fisheries?

Sea ice loss, warming waters, and the northward expansion of fish such as pollock have raised the possibility of new commercial fisheries in the Bering Strait region.

Alaska develops spend plan for $1.6 million allocated to 2022 Yukon River salmon fishery disaster

Ravn Alaska slashes workforce, raising questions about regional airline’s future

ASMI marketing update

New research uses kelp to predict future of oceans

WDFW commentary: Managing sustainable fisheries in the Columbia River