Historically low numbers of chinook, or king salmon have been returning to their natal streams in the Gulf of Alaska. As a result, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has taken steps to restrict both sport and commercial fishing opportunities.

Saltery Cove joins the Buskin and Ayakulik Rivers with sport sockeye limits being raised to 10 fish per day.

The issue has grown so urgent that lawmakers are hoping to do something about it.

Illegal fishing took center stage at a recent Senate subcommittee meeting led by Sen. Dan Sullivan.

A dozen young fishermen completed Kodiak’s first training program to give them an idea of life on the water and learn marine safety. The three day certification program finished days before some of the first openers for salmon seining around the archipelago.

Kodiak’s commercial salmon season started on June 9 at noon. That’s according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s first announcement for the area this year. Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, and both the inner and outer Kitoi Bay areas will open until further notice, including the Foul Bay special harvest area.

Alaska's Legislature adjourned on May 20 without addressing an issue that many residents of coastal, Native villages see as urgent: expanding access to commercial fishing careers.

Corey Potter was sentenced to a year in jail and two years of probation after he plead guilty to two counts of violating the Lacey Act for shipping Tanners with Bitter Crab Syndrome.

The average age of a fisherman in Alaska has increased to fifty, which is ten years older than it was one generation ago, according to “Turning the Tide," a report from a UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences research team.

Companies must demonstrate they are unable to fill processing jobs with American workers, and then through the temporary H-2B visa program, they hire thousands of guest workers to meet the needs of Alaska’s labor-intensive, high-volume commercial fishing seasons.