BRISTOL BAY

A historic anchor showed up at the dock in Unalaska on Saturday. A cargo ship had pulled it up while in Bristol Bay for the salmon fishery. Now someone in Unalaska has to figure out when and where that anchor came from, and how to preserve it.

Last week, the UAF Bristol Bay Campus held its first in-person course in Unalaska since last September. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, local courses have been completely virtual over the past year.

Next fall, the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery could face its first closure in 25 years.This season, the 54-vessel fleet has reported slow, spotty…

Commercial fishing opens Tuesday, Oct. 15 for Bristol Bay red king crab.This season, the declining population has forced managers to set the total…

With the fishing season starting next week, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released crab quotas for Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea.The total…