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The Alaska Board of Fisheries has posted on line its tentative meeting schedule for the 2011/2012 cycle, including sessions in Anchorage, Petersburg and Ketchikan. A two-day work session is set […]

By Margaret Bauman Capt’n AndrewIn early March, the 57-foot fishing vessel Capt’n Andrew ran aground four miles southeast of King Cove, Alaska, serving as illustration for a new report from […]

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has begun accepting applications for chain of custody certification, which will assure buyers that only Alaska seafood products bearing a “sourced from a certified Alaska fishery” […]

A non-profit entity formed in Juneau in 2005 to help Gulf of Mexico fishing communities damaged by two hurricanes has turned its efforts to helping Japanese fishing communities hit by […]

By Bob Tkacz May 2011 The Alaskan fishing fleet, including resident and outside harvesters, is getting older and earning more, state lawmakers were told in a data-heavy presentation. That good […]

The Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference has a new report out on Southwest Alaska fisheries resource allocations over a 30-year period. The report says that the absolute number of permits held […]

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is all over the map in May, promoting the state’s seafood produce. ASMI staff were on hand at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, Belgium, […]

Large monetary donations are pouring in from Alaska and Seattle-based participants in the seafood industry to aid fishing communities hard hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The Alaska […]

By Steve Johnson The Bering Sea groundfish fleets have been largely frozen in place for the past 20 years by the limited entry schemes imposed on the groundfish fisheries. But […]

Bristol Bay watershed residents wishing to acquire limited entry fishing permits can save a lot of money by qualifying for the Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp.’s permit loan program, a […]