National Fisherman

Blackcod

Cordova, Alaska. Cheryl Ess photo

Alaska’s salmon season starts soon, plus pot shrimp, Dungeness, halibut and more…

Laine Welch

The crew of the F/V Devotion easily handles a lightweight CodCoil pot with live blackcod. Ryan Johnson photo

Editor’s Log: Spring a trap

Jessica Hathaway

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

Expert crewmen aboard the New Bedford dragger Ellen Marie prepare to dump their nets on deck while fishing on Georges Bank. The life of the New England deep-sea fisherman is depicted with great authenticity and feeling in a new book, “The Dragger,” with photos and text by William Finn. (NF Cover December 1970)

Flashback Friday — October 1970

Jessica Hathaway

Sablefish, also called blackcod. NOAA photo.

Pacific blackcod market: Higher quotas collide with weaker demand for abundant and smaller fish

Charlie Ess

The 54-foot longliner/tender Charles T first came to Alaska as a cannery shrimper in the 1920s. Cheryl Ess photo.

Boat of the Month: Charles T

Charlie Ess

Salmon on the brain

Alaska update: Salmon landings at 13.6 million, but the fish are small; longliners have taken a third of TAC

Laine Welch

Workers unload halibut at Pacific Seafood processing plant in Kodiak.

Restaurant closings, depressed Japan market push halibut, blackcod prices down

Charlie Ess

Fishing boats tied up in Petersburg, Alaska. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user brewbooks. jobs — Fishing boats tied up in Petersburg, Alaska. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user brewbooks.

Alaska fisheries update: Are you ready for summer salmon?

Laine Welch