Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Alaska

Optimism rising for Alaska fishing boat and permit sales

National Fisherman by Margaret Bauman -  April 20, 2026

With spring in the air and higher prices for halibut and black cod, optimism is blooming at Alaska's largest firm selling fishing boats and permits.

https://www.nationalfisherman.com/optimism-rising-for-alaska-fishing-boat-and-permit-sales

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US, EU seafood groups warn new import rule could block Alaska seafood

The requirements could effectively block imports of major Alaska seafood products.

Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - April 20, 2026

Seafood groups in the U.S. and Europe are intensifying calls for the European Union to delay and adjust its new CATCH traceability rules, warning they could block major volumes of legally harvested seafood from entering the region.

https://www.intrafish.com/trade/us-eu-seafood-groups-warn-new-import-rule-could-block-alaska-seafood/2-1-1977180

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Alaska bill would exempt small-scale fishers from some health and safety standards

SeafoodSource by Haley Jones -  April 22, 2026

Alaska State Representative Sarah Vance has introduced the Alaska Coastal Micro-Fisheries Act, legislation that would eliminate some regulatory requirements for small-scale fishers looking to process their catch.

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/food-safety-health/alaska-bill-would-exempt-small-scale-fishers-from-some-health-and-safety-standards

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Alaska's Cook Inlet salmon overhaul alarms lawmakers

Lawmakers called the management environment for salmon “increasingly unpredictable and unstable.”

Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - April 21, 2026

Alaska state lawmaker Sarah Vance is taking aim at the Alaska Board of Fisheries after it approved a major overhaul of the Upper Cook Inlet drift gillnet fleet’s management plan for the upcoming season.

https://www.intrafish.com/fisheries/alaskas-cook-inlet-salmon-overhaul-alarms-lawmakers/2-1-1978572

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Environment/Science

AFSC researchers use AI to do more with less

National Fisherman by  Margaret Bauman -  April 21, 2026

Scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) in Juneau are increasingly using artificial intelligence to better track fish as climate changes, says Bob Foy, science and research director. 

https://www.nationalfisherman.com/afsc-researchers-use-ai-to-do-more-with-less

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Federal Register

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska

A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 04/21/2026

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2026 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.  

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/21/2026-07708/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pollock-in-statistical-area-610-in-the-gulf-of

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