The lower numbers — the catch is predicted to drop by more than a third — are driven by an off-year for pink salmon.

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That's according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024. Seafood harvesting jobs — which ...

Salmon fishing boats operate outside of the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka. Many coastal Alaskans say that a half-century of the state's limited-entry system for commercial fishing has resulted in an ...

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...

Alaska has issued updated fishing regulations for 2026, including changes for Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim finfish and South Alaska Peninsula Pacific cod, building on 2025 adjustments to salmon, shellfish, ...

NOAA researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Alaska BioMap have been working on identifying genetic stocks of ...