Scientists believe it was caught in some kind of old fishing gear. It’s at least the 13th dead humpback reported around the archipelago this year.

This summer’s salmon season was the 12th largest harvest in the last 40 years. It was also the 13th lowest in value when accounting for inflation. That’s according to preliminary numbers from the state.

Editor's note: This story was originally published by Nat Herz with the Northern Journal and is republished here with permission.According to that reporting, wildlife troopers confirmed they’re investigating allegations that “multiple seafood processors” had been illegally profiting from salmon and halibut bycatch. No arrests have been made and no charges have been filed against Julie Bonney or any seafood processors in Kodiak as of the publishing of this story.

Commercial Tanner crab fisheries around Kodiak will be closed going into next year. That’s after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game released the results of the 2025 Tanner crab survey for the Kodiak, Chignik, and South Peninsula Districts last week on Oct. 20.

The industry trade group held one of its two annual meetings in Kodiak Oct. 14 and 15 — the first time the island community hosted in at least 20 years.

The money comes from the Southeast Conference's Alaska Mariculture Cluster, as part of a $49 million it received from a federal grant awarded back in 2022.

Commercial fishing reopened near the Kitoi Bay Hatchery after a fishing boat spilled over 3,000 gallons of diesel in the area.

It's the only region in the state with a higher harvest for the species compared to the last odd year season. Ayakulik sockeye escapement hit a 10-year high, but other south side rivers have had "weak" runs. Kodiak Chinook returns once again near record lows.

Corey Potter, who pled guilty earlier this year to federal charges for sending diseased crab to Washington state, now faces fines for violations of the Clean Water Act.

Dunleavy has canceled a broadly supported bill proposed by a legislative task force and intended to help commercial fishers in Alaska. The governor issued his veto of Senate Bill 156 on Wednesday July 16, marking his seventh veto of a policy bill this year.