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Chelsae Radell/Alaska Groundfish Data BankEditor'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.
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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. -
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.
