Salmon fishing boats operate outside of the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka. Many coastal Alaskans say that a half-century of the state's limited-entry system for commercial fishing has resulted in ...

For the second time ever, Alaska went a year with zero fatalities in its commercial fishing industry. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that there were no operational fatalities from Oct. 1, 2021 to ...

There were no fatalities within Alaska’s commercial fishing fleets this year, for only the second time on record. The U.S. Coast Guard says the credit belongs to the fishermen themselves.

The city received federal relief last week after the 2021-22 king and snow crab collapses — funding that’s only now reaching ...

The commercial fishing industry in Alaska is shrinking. Fewer young people are seeking a career in the industry due to high entry costs and climate change impacting fish stocks.

Sitka Rep. Rebecca Himschoot, who represents multiple Southeast Alaska fishing hub towns, as well as small Native communities that have seen sharp losses in permit ownership, said that the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Recent cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could end programs that are “critical” for commercial fishing safety in Alaska, according to the Alaska ...

The U.S. government rejected an emergency request from 100 tribes and communities in Western Alaska for a zero-bycatch limit on salmon, which would have effectively halted the nation’s largest ...

SEATTLE — A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen ...

Commercial landings last year of Alaska snow crab alone came to 44 million pounds and $219 million, according to NOAA data. Advertisement The bad news didn’t end there.

In Alaska, last fall's shocking collapse of the snow crab fishery shows that conditions for sea life can and are rapidly changing. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t. Legislature adjourned without addressing expanding access to commercial fishing careers.