Commercial Fishing

It took Alaska a year or so longer to get back to full employment levels than it did for the nation as a whole.

Meanwhile, Fish and Game is putting more restrictions on the fishery.

Delayed federal funding has pushed the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to cancel travel and shift its October meeting online, raising concerns about long-term oversight.

National Maritime Day is May 22. It’s a small but important holiday recognizing the hard work that goes into a career at sea. Alaska is home to thousands of mariners, including fishermen, navigators, maintenance specialists and law enforcement.

With new EU tariffs looming, Alaska seafood leaders look to Trump’s trade deals for support.

The plant was a major economic driver for the community until it closed last year.

Alaska officials say the changes could make fishing less safe and undermine science critical to managing fisheries.

Alaska’s top seafood trade groups say new tariffs could trigger retaliation from key export markets, pushing the struggling industry to the brink.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s mass layoffs of thousands of workers were unlawful.

For decades, the Bering Sea herring fishery has provided bait fish for crabbers.