West Coast Oregon’s yelloweye rockfish fishery to reopen after 25 years A species once declared overfished has rebounded, and its return to the docks will give scientists their first good look at the fish in decades. OPB by Theo Greenly - September 8, 2026 Oregon fishing fleets will be allowed to keep and sell yelloweye rockfish next year for the first time in 25 years. https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/08/oregon-yelloweye-rockfish-fishery-reopens-after-25-years/ Politics

Alaska Commercial red king crab fishery to open in Southeast Alaska for second year in a row KFSK by Olivia Rose - September 4, 2026 Commercial red king crab fishermen in Southeast Alaska are getting a competitive fishery this year, the state Department of Fish and Game announced this week. https://www.kfsk.org/2026/09/04/commercial-red-king-crab-fishery-to-open-in-southeast-alaska-for-second-year-in-a-row/ West Coast BPA Reverses Decision to End Funding for Oregon’s Salmon

Alaska Silver Bay Seafoods boosts Aleutian Pribilof Island Community school program National Fisherman by staff - September 4, 2026 A $55,000 contribution from Silver Bay Seafoods to the Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association’s (APICDA) School Grant Program is adding support to participating schools for the 2026/2027 school year. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/alaska/silver-bay-seafoods-boosts-aleutian-pribilof-island-community-school-program *Require

Alaska High-priced pink salmon finally show up in off-year surge Kodiak Daily Mirror by Steve Williams - August 31, 2026 Kodiak’s pink salmon run is on the wane, as the August peak of an off-year run is all but past. https://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/news/article_d71ae1ad-a960-4ea5-9aa1-c1980503fad8.html *Requires Subscription Environment/Science Ninth Circuit Rejects Oceana's Gulf of Alaska Seafloor Habitat Challenge, Finding No Legal Standing SeafoodNews by Peggy Parker -

Alaska Mediocre Bristol Bay catch offset by soaring sockeye prices National Fisherman by Scott Atkinson - August 29, 2026 Bristol Bay's sockeye catch fell short of the allowable harvest this summer, but a rare midseason price jump changed the math for many fishermen. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/mediocre-bristol-bay-catch-offset-by-soaring-sockeye-prices *Requires Subscription What being frugal on a fishing vessel looks like Kodiak Daily News by Terry Haines - August 2

Alaska Pink Salmon Surge in Sitka and Kodiak Lifts Alaska Season Totals SeafoodNews by Peggy Parker - August 27, 2026 A late-season surge of pink salmon into Sitka and strong returns in Kodiak have brightened Alaska's salmon harvest picture heading into the final stretch of the season. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's (ASMI) weekly harvest summary through August 22 showed the cumulative salmon catch had exceeded year-to-date 2025 levels — and 2024 levels for pink salm

Alaska New Alaska halibut plant opens “I am proud that the NSEDC board came together to approve and develop the project which should serve our fishers and unique fishery for many more decades,” said NSEDC Savoonga Representative and Vice Chairman Preston Rookok. Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - August 25, 2026 The Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC) has officially opened its new halibut processing plant in Savoonga, celebrating a major upgrade to its Alaska facil

Alaska Inside the Dillingham net shop keeping Bristol Bay fishermen fishing National Fisherman by Paul Molyneaux - August 21, 2026 When escapement around the Nugashik District meets targets, and the fishery opens, it can be madness. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/inside-the-dillingham-net-shop-keeping-bristol-bay-fishermen-fishing *Requires Subscription Environment/Science NOAA is ending support for a key climate report. Arctic scientists say they’ll release it anyway. KN

Alaska Seiners break Sitka’s single-day pink salmon harvest record twice in one month KCAW by Katherine Rose - August 20, 2026 Seiners in Sitka broke the single-day record for harvesting pink salmon not once, but twice this month. https://www.kcaw.org/2026/08/20/seiners-break-sitkas-single-day-pink-salmon-harvest-record-twice-in-one-month/ Federal cybersecurity mandate stirs concern in Alaska fishing industry National Fisherman by Wesley Loy - August 19, 2026 A cybersecurity

Alaska Preliminary 2027 forecast for Alaska’s Bristol Bay fishery predicts more, smaller sockeye As the 2026 commercial salmon harvests winds down in Alaska, the seafood industry is already calculating how to navigate at a profit in 2027 Alaska Beacon by Margaret Bauman - August 14, 2026 With the 2026 commercial salmon harvests winding down in Alaska, the seafood industry is already calculating how to navigate at a profit in 2027, given dynamic biological, economic, climate a