Friday, June 26, 2026
- Jun 26
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Alaska
Commercial Fishing Boot Camp teaches skills and safety to Petersburg youth
KFSK by Baiz Hoen - June 25, 2026
Commercial fishing is a huge contributor to Alaska’s economy, and every summer, commercial fishermen are often looking for new deckhands to join their crew.
Alaska golden king crab TAC rises 13 percent for 2026-27 season
National Fisherman by staff - June 25, 2026
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a 2026-27 total allowable catch (TAC) of approximately 4.74 million pounds for Alaska golden king crab, a 13 percent increase from last season's 4.19 million-pound harvest limit, according to a June 24 release from seafood supplier Keyport LLC.
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National
Why Alaska Pollock Fish Sticks Belong on School Lunch Trays
Perishable News by Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) - June 25, 2026
When we think about school meals, we often focus on calories and cost.
Environment/Science
Lawsuit aims to put sunflower sea stars on endangered species list
The huge sea stars, once plentiful in waters from Mexico to Alaska, were nearly wiped out by a bacteria-caused wasting disease, and listing is overdue, the lawsuit says
Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - June 23, 2026
An environmental group has sued the Trump administration over its failure to grant Endangered Species Act protections to sunflower sea stars, a keystone Pacific Ocean species that lost 90% of its population since 2013 to a wasting disease.
Federal Register
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Modify the Timing of Haul Designation for Trawl Catcher Processors in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries
A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 06/25/2026
NMFS issues this final rule to standardize the time limit in which trawl catcher/processors (C/Ps) participating in the groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska Management Area (GOA) and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) must assign each haul to a management program.
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