National Fisherman

Pollock

The Copper Crown: The first king salmon landed in Alaska’s Copper River opener gets a first-class ticket to Seattle on Alaska Air’s Salmon Forty Salmon to celebrate the official start of Alaska’s salmon fishing season. Seattle is a major hub for Alaska seafood as it gets channeled through the Lower 48 and overseas. OBI Seafoods photo

Salmon overtakes lobster as highest value catch

Jessica Hathaway

Shrimp boats tied up in Venice, La. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Finchlake2000.

USDA spends $70.9 million on domestic seafood

Jessica Hathaway

NOAA scientist Noelle Yochum (left) helps fisherman Lauti Tuipala set a net with an experimental salmon excluder on the F/V Pacific Explorer. Katherine Hellen-Schneider photo.

Bye-bye bycatch: Net design and electronics help fishermen keep their catch clean

Paul Molyneaux

Logan and Bethany Branstiter co-captain the F/V B-Team in Alaska's Nushagak Bay, drift gillnetting sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay. Crew Shots photo

Alaska Yearbook Market Report: Tradition wins out in a long, strange year

Charlie Ess

Alaskan Defender Catcher Processor Alaska Pollock Global Seas Photo — Pollock catcher-processor Alaskan Defender. Global Seas Photo

Alaska fisheries: pollock and crab rule the winter

Laine Welch

The century old O’Hara Corporation engaged Elliott Bay Design Group to provide design and engineering support for the modernization of the Alaska Spirit. EBDG scanned the entire vessel and is using computer programs to rebuild her for the 21st Century.

O'Hara refitting Alaska Spirit for the 21st century

Paul Molyneaux

Almost the entire crew of the U.S. Seafoods trawler Legacy tested positive for covid-19 after the vessel arrived in Unalaska Dec. 3. U.S. Seafoods photo.

24 of 25 crew members aboard U.S. Seafoods trawler test positive for covid-19

Brian Hagenbuch

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute hosts its annual All Hands on Deck meetings this week virtually, complete with ASMI Zoom backgrounds.

Industry Updates: Year in review, looking ahead to 2021

Jessica Hathaway

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute hosts its annual All Hands on Deck meetings this week virtually, complete with ASMI Zoom backgrounds.

Covid and climate: Alaska seafood talks zoom in on 2020 and the future of fish

Jessica Hathaway

Linda Behnken of Sitka was recognized by the Heinz Family Foundation for her work in Alaska's fisheries.

Heinz foundation award for Alaska’s Linda Behnken

Laine Welch

Hauling halibut over the side of the longline schooner Polaris. NF Cover December 1990

Flashback Friday — October 1990 — Halibut • Pollock • Squid • Lobster

Jessica Hathaway