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Theo Greenly/KSDPThe Aleutians East Borough is asking the state to investigate whether a member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries acted ethically during a vote on restrictions to the Area M salmon fishery. Borough Mayor Alvin Osterback and representatives from several tribes in the region say they filed a complaint with the Alaska Department of Law on Feb. 23. They say a member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries had a conflict of interest when he cast a tie-breaking vote last month in favor of restricting the Area M fishery. -
Maggie Nelson/KUCBDutch Harbor’s only drydock has partially sunk.
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Federal fisheries regulators have set some limits on salmon chum bycatch in the Bering Sea. The highly debated – and long awaited – decision aims to protect declining salmon stocks while minimizing harm to pollock fisheries. -
Subsistence communities in Western Alaska ask for strict limits on the Bering Sea trawl fishery. -
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is nearing a decision that could limit the amount of chum salmon that the Bering Sea trawl fleet is allowed to scoop up as bycatch. The move comes after years of calls for change from tribes that say they bear the brunt of conservation in the face of sustained salmon crashes. -
The long-anticipated decision over pollock trawlers’ chum bycatch has seafood towns like Unalaska worried. -
Alaska’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday that aims to reduce bycatch in parts of southwest Alaska using better marine data, technology and gear. -
Some of Alaska's largest pollock processors are abandoning a foreign worker visa program that once supplied up to half their workforce, citing rising costs and uncertainty under stricter immigration policies. -
NOAA scientists emphasized that last year’s projections were reliable enough to guide 2026 limits. -
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to keep next season’s catch limits at just under 1.4 million metric tons. -
A portion of the lucrative Bristol Bay red king crab harvest nearly went to waste this season, after a catcher processor that was set to take the crab was forced to shut down. -
The payments cover seasons from 2021-2023, when stocks collapsed and fisheries remained closed.
