Silver Bay Seafoods announced it was partnering with former Bristol Bay competitor Northline Seafoods in April, just days after Northline's CEO resigned. This sudden shift occurred just a few months before the start of the sockeye season, leaving fishermen feeling uneasy about Bristol Bay's market diversity.

Fishermen can harvest nearly 400,000 scallops in Alaska waters this year

Charter boat operators say the stamp doesn't address plummeting halibut numbers.

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the closures are a result of below average returns to the Buskin Lake weir

The Buskin River sockeye salmon weir is operating at reduced capacity this summer because of a loss of federal funding.

The high cost of diesel, fueled by the war in Iran, coincides with a projected weak salmon harvest for this summer.

On May 15 the Assistant Administrator of NOAA Fisheries Eugenio Piñeiro Soler, the Alaska Regional Adminstrator Jon Kurland, and the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Director Bob Foy met with local residents in Kodiak for a community reception.

Closures on the west side of the island aim to protect the Karluk and Ayakulik Chinook runs, which have hit record lows over the past few years.

Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association will take eggs from the wild Karluk king salmon run in an effort to save the population.

A bill awaiting Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s signature could make it easier for the commercial fishing industry to be represented on the board by relaxing conflict-of-interest rules.