Gov. Mike Dunleavy made waves recently when he proposed that Alaska get into the fish farming business. Here’s a better idea: Use more of every fish that crosses Alaska’s docks. All other U.S. protein ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (Photo by James Brooks via Flickr under Creative Commons ...

Alaska seafood processors hired fewer people in 2023 but paid them more and relied more on nonresidents to fill the jobs, a state analysis shows. The employment trends are what would be expected in an ...

A trawler plies the waters of Sitka Sound in 2023. (Photo by Max Graham) The Alaska Senate has proposed a new aid package for the state’s fish processing companies — some of which have been teetering ...

Alaska’s fishing industry has faced major challenges this past year. Low fish prices and high overhead costs have led some of the industry’s biggest players to sell or shutter their processing plants, ...

Jared Danielson was having a slow day of salmon fishing off the Alaska Peninsula, the long finger of land jutting toward the Aleutian Islands. While his fishing net bobbed in the water, he had time ...

The AK Onboard program focuses heavily on crew training, with skills workshops, lectures, and marine safety instruction ...

The Metlakatla Indian Community (MIC), located on the Annette Islands 20 miles south of Ketchikan, Alaska U.S.A., is the only ...

Engines are designed to run on refinery grade fuel. At the time fuel is refined, it is at its purest state; however, it deteriorates rapidly as it oxidizes and is attacked by a host of organisms ...

Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (Photo by James Brooks via Flickr under Creative Commons license) The fishing fleet in the Southwest Alaska town of King Cove ...