Ketchikan king salmon derby canceled due to concern over wild fish stocks
It would have been the first king salmon derby in Ketchikan since 2017.
‘Fisheries’ Category
Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s suit over state’s herring management is resolved
Sitka Tribe of Alaska filed suit against Fish and Game in 2018 over the department’s management of the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery.
US Seafoods apologizes to Unalaska after COVID-positive crew caused widespread exposure at bar
Video footage indicates that as many as 60 people could have been exposed at the Norwegian Rat that night.
With fishing slowed by pandemic, Bering Sea crabbers push for extended season
A group of Bering Sea crabbers say they want more time to catch their quota before the state shuts down their season next week.
Gillnetters will get first shot at record-forecast of Togiak herring
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game projects a biomass of 236,700 tons — the highest forecast since 1993, when the state started to use its current forecasting method.
Researchers try to quantify COVID-19’s impact on seafood industry
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is sending out two surveys —one for fishermen and one for processors — about the effects of the pandemic.
Cleanup efforts conclude for Sitka Sound fuel spill
Clean-up efforts concluded on Wednesday after a sunken fishing vessel spilled diesel fuel in Sitka Sound.
Another poor sockeye season predicted for Cook Inlet
Last year’s sockeye run was the lowest since 1971, at 4.36 million fish. Commercial fishermen saw a harvest of 700,000 salmon in 2020, over 1 million short of the preseason projections.
Second COVID-19 relief bill includes money for fisheries
The COVID-19 relief bill signed into law this week includes $300 million for fishery assistance nationwide.
After 2020’s dismal catch, next year’s Southeast pink salmon harvest could be close to average
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is forecasting a harvest of 28 million pinks in the region next summer. This year’s catch wound up at 8.1 million pinks, roughly the same harvest as two years ago.