News
Net Your Problem Helps Fishing Industry Reduce Its Environmental Footprint
As the 2024 commercial salmon fishery began to wind down and worn out, discarded fishing nets piled up, fishing industry veteran Nicole Baker moved quickly to recycle those nets into [...]
Columns
The Chevron Deference Ruling: What It Means for Commercial Fisheries
In a recent landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the long-standing doctrine of “Chevron Deference,” a legal principle that had guided how courts interact with federal agency regulations for [...]
Columns
A safety orientation can help turn crewmembers from liabilities to assets in the event of an emergency. A safety orientation for every person who boards a vessel that leaves the dock [...]
Features
Trawler Tech: From Ships to Chips
Commercial trawling is not just about netting types and door control anymore. At its core, 21st Century commercial trawling is a highly technical enterprise where ship design, complex rigging and [...]
Crabbing Gear + Equipment
Size, Style, Regulations Driving West Coast Crab Gear Demand
Here are two trends that aren’t so new in crabbing and crab equipment, but they are worth noting: more catch per pot, and bigger equipment, are the preferred options; West [...]
Boatyards Update
Notable Fishing Vessel Projects at West Coast Boatyards
West Coast boatyards have been busy with repowers, remodels, and maintenance work recently, including projects on commercial fishing boats. Fishermen’s News reached out to several shipyards to see what their [...]
News
Coast Guard Cutter Kimball Returns from Fishery Regulations Enforcement Deployment
The Coast Guard cutter Kimball returned to its homeport of Base Honolulu on Aug. 1 after completing a 122-day patrol in the Northern Pacific, Bering Sea and American Arctic. The [...]
News
Ferdinand Named Deputy Director at AFSC Jennifer Ferdinand has been appointed deputy director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, AFSC science and research director Robert Foy announced Aug. 6. Ferdinand, [...]
News
Salmonfest 2024: A Collision of Worlds Gathers For Fish, Love and Music
They came for the community, nearly 9,000 of them in all, for Salmonfest 2024, three days of fish, love and music anchored in a passion to protect wild Alaska salmon [...]
News
Annual Oregon Commercial Fishing Landings Rose in 2023
Oregon’s commercial fishing industry landed 301 million pounds of seafood onshore worth $178 million in 2023, an increase from 2022, where 286 million pounds of seafood worth an inflation-adjusted $136 [...]
News
Alaska Commercial Salmon Harvest Climbs to 55.5M Fish
Alaska’s total statewide commercial salmon harvest stood at 55.5 million fish as the fishery began winding down at the end of July, but the jury was still out on how [...]
News
Plastic Beach Trash Recycled Into Plastic Lumber
Discarded plastic marine debris washed ashore on the coastline of Alaska, a health hazard to the fish, wildlife and water, is a growing problem in Alaska. And back in the [...]
From the Editor
A Deeper Dive Into Annual Oregon Landings
On page 19 of this issue, you’ll find an article about the number of annual landings by Oregon’s commercial fishing industry in 2023. I won’t go into too much detail [...]
News
Preseason Registration Now Open for Bering Sea Commercial Crab Fisheries
Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials on Aug. 9 began preseason vessel registration for 2024-2025 commercial crab fisheries in the Bering Sea in order to determine the number of [...]
News
NOAA, Commerce Dept. Recommend $105M+ for Salmon Recovery
The Department of Commerce and NOAA officials have recommended over $105 million in funds for 14 new and continuing salmon recovery projects and programs for the West Coast and Alaska, [...]
News
$22M in USDA Seafood Purchases Win Kudos From Seafood Processors
Officials with the West Coast Seafood Processors Association (WCSPA) say recent U.S. Department of Agriculture purchases of $22 million in Pacific rockfish fillets and Pacific hake fillets are helping mitigate [...]
News
$600,000 in Grants Available for Science Projects Addressing Fish Stocks, Environmental Conditions
Federal officials are seeking proposals through Nov. 4 for grants for citizen science projects to address data gaps in assessing the health of marine fish stocks or how fisheries and [...]
News
Coast Guard, NOAA Free Humpback Whale on Independence Day
It was real freedom on the 4th of July for a humpback whale struggling after being entangled in fishing lines in the Port of Valdez, in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, [...]
News
Feds Pledge $240M in Support for Pacific Northwest Fish Hatcheries
A $240 million investment in fish hatcheries that produce Pacific salmon and steelhead was announced July 25 by the U.S. Interior and Commerce departments in support of economic ceremonial and [...]
News
Commercial Halibut Vessel Master Fined for Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Area
A judge has fined the owner and operator of the commercial halibut fishing vessel Gypsy Soul a total of $33,596 for offenses under Canada’s Fisheries Act, the country’s Department of [...]
News
‘Graying’ of the Fleet Researchers Propose Federal Support for Young Fishermen
A research report charting a new course to “un-gray,” or make younger, the Alaska fleet of commercial harvesters looks at current challenges and proposes programs for young fishermen. The report [...]
News
American Seafoods Launches Western Alaska Community Partnership Program
American Seafoods has announced a community partnership program to aid Western Alaska communities through annual donations to select entities to fund community projects that address food security and other pressing [...]
News
Massive Cyanide Spill Afflicts Yukon River Tributary
Government of the Yukon officials are now overseeing the cleanup following an equipment failure at a major Yukon Territory gold mine that dumped cyanide into a tributary of the Yukon [...]