Commercial fishermen in Alaska will soon have a new option to bring down a cost that has skyrocketed in recent years: crew and vessel insurance. The state Legislature passed a bill earlier this year ...

Alaska State Representative Sarah Vance has introduced the Alaska Coastal Micro-Fisheries Act, legislation that would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 5—The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted ...

A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when ...

At the southern tip of the Panhandle on Annette Island, Metlakatlans want to expand their fishing reach, as a lawsuit makes ...

Two new icebreakers are to be homeported in Alaska in coming years, the U.S. Coast Guard announced on April 16. With the ...

Representatives of Alaska’s commercial fishing sector claim the European Union’s new digital CATCH requirements – intended to ...

In a typical summer, Sitka fisherman Jacquie Foss and her family travel hundreds of miles around Southeast Alaska, averaging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Halibut on a boat deck in Alaska, during the summer fishing season; (photo/Shutterstock) A federal grand jury in Alaska has ...

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. "We are heading into this year ...

The year 2025 turned out to be a rough ride for Alaska's fishing industry and the communities that depend on it for their livelihoods. From deep cuts to federal science funding to ongoing economic ...

She Takes the Helm” is a deeply honest, gripping and beautifully written memoir about Jacobs’ decades of commercial fishing.