Alaska Fewer chums but better prices helped Southeast commercial fleet Wrangell Sentinel by Jake Dye - December 23, 2025 Markets are continuing to bounce back from recent lows in Southeast commercial salmon fisheries, and a pair of Wrangell gillnetters said they are hopeful to see continued improvement in the chum salmon fishery. https://www.wrangellsentinel.com/stories/fewer-chums-but-better-prices-helped-southeast-commercial-fleet,44202 Alaska fisheries in 2025: turmoil, ec

Alaska Southeast's red king crab fishery breaks value records First opening since 2017 brings in over $5.3 million Petersburg Pilot by Orin Pierson - December 18, 2025 Southeast Alaska’s red king crab fishery delivered its most economically successful season on record this fall, with 205,607 pounds harvested worth more than $5.3 million in ex-vessel value through early December. https://www.petersburgpilot.com/story/2025/12/18/news/southeasts-red-king-crab-fishery-breaks-valu

Alaska NOAA Seeks Comment on Bering Sea Chum Salmon Bycatch Proposals Kodiak Daily Mirror - December 16, 2025 NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a new draft environmental impact statement for four potential strategies to reduce chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.  https://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/news/article_2b49554a-01d0-4ac4-90c1-417deb33f165.html *Requires Subscription ADF&G releases 2026 Kodiak salmon forecasts The Alaska Department of Fish a

Alaska Alaska DOT is planning a new dock for one of Alaska’s most remote ferry terminals Alaska Beacon by James Brooks - December 10, 2025 The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is planning a new dock at Cold Bay, one of the most remote stops on the state ferry system’s route map. https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alaska-dot-is-planning-a-new-dock-for-one-of-alaskas-most-remote-ferry-terminals/ West Coast California Chinook salmon are study of survival in

Alaska This year's Alaska’s pollock quota process shows the cost of doing more with less This year's quota-setting process appeared fraught with uncertainty and tradeoffs. Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - December 12, 2025 The annual ritual of setting Alaska’s pollock quota is an arduous but necessary exercise in science-based policymaking. It’s designed to ensure sustainable harvest levels in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands. But this year, the process

Alaska Alaska seeks more federal financial relief for Bering Sea snow crab fishery SeafoodSource News by Nathan Strout -  December 9, 2025 The U.S. state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to issue a fishery disaster determination for the 2024/2025 Bering Sea snow crab season, which despite reopening after two years of closure, remains well below recent averages in terms of both harvest and revenue.  https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/business-finance/alaska-

Alaska Unalaska takes Pribilof Island’s king crab deliveries after processor breaks down KUCB by Maggie Nelson - December 1, 2025 A portion of the lucrative Bristol Bay red king crab harvest nearly went to waste this season, after a catcher processor that was set to take the crab was forced to shut down. https://www.kucb.org/industry/2025-12-01/unalaska-takes-pribilof-islands-king-crab-deliveries-after-processor-breaks-down Pacific Halibut Stock Assessment at End of 2025 Show

Alaska City staff: Spend fish disaster funds on ramp, harbor maintenance Kodiak Daily Mirror by Steve Williams - December 2, 2025 The Kodiak City Council will vote Thursday whether to accept federal disaster relief funds based on the 2020 Gulf of Alaska cod and 2021 Chignik salmon fisheries. https://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/news/article_7ffa6671-49c5-426d-8b64-a8613f8de948.html *Requires Subscription Southeast Alaska’s commercial red king crab fishery sees ‘historically high

Alaska Wild Fish Conservancy nets $1.7m in SE Alaska salmon troller suit... The judgment ends a long legal fight that nearly closed the region's troll fishery in an effort to protect endangered killer whales... Undercurrent News by Liza Mayer - November 28, 2025 The US government has been ordered to pay nearly $1.7 million in legal fees and costs to the Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC), marking the end of the environmental group's litigation against the Southeast Alaska Chinook sa

Alaska State biologists forecast a strong but not exceptional 2026 Bristol Bay sockeye run Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - November 26, 2025 Fishery biologists expect another strong year for sockeye salmon in southwestern Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, site of the world’s largest runs of the fish, also known as red salmon. https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/state-biologists-forecast-a-strong-but-not-exceptional-2026-bristol-bay-sockeye-run/ National US government seeks Alaska salm