United Fishermen of Alaska (UFA) last week announced its endorsement of Senator Lisa Murkowski for the United States Senate. UFA is a statewide organization representing 38 commercial fishing associations and […]
NOAA researchers at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Behavioral Ecology Laboratory in Newport, Oregon, conducted experiments to explore how temperature mediates growth and energy allocation in newly settled red king […]
Alaska’s Bering Sea crab fisheries have gone from being the nation’s deadliest catch to the safest catch. A new study by the Anchorage-based National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health […]
Jack FeeTrout Lake, Washington Since the start of the Iraq War, the US Has spent approximately $720 million a day, every day for more than seven years. The National Marine […]
By Bob Tkacz Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell vetoed just 2.8 percent from the $12 billion total state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 and not a penny came […]
People who fish for a living pursue top profits, not necessarily top predators, according to the first-ever analysis of worldwide catch and economic data for the past 55 years by […]
By Margaret Bauman Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks say they have successfully tested a form of underwater glider for use in tracking tagged fish. Now they are planning […]
By Bob Tkacz The US seafood industry needs to create an “aquatic river of knowledge” to make sure it has the scientific and technological expertise it needs to remain competitive […]
By Margaret Bauman Alaska’s 2010 fishing season, underway in earnest in June, is expected to see a harvest of 45 million fish, slightly above the 5-year average of 42 million, […]
Freshly caught wild salmon, direct from the pristine waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska, will arrive in restaurants and seafood cases in Portland and Seattle early next month as part of […]