TweetWind is a fundamental force in shaping Gulf of Alaska ecosystems. Photo: NOAA Fisheries. For young Alaska pollock in the Gulf of Alaska, survival may depend on which way the wind blows. A study conclusively shows for the first time that year-to-year … Continue reading →
Tweet Join Us on the River! 2021 & 2022 Expedition Schedule Now Open We’re ready to get back to rafting, hiking, and explore beautiful and remote areas with our guests! 2020 has been a difficult year with COVID-19 keeping us … Continue reading →
Tweet Jes Boyd with the green sea turtle before returning it to the water. Sea turtles are a rare sight in Alaska waters, but on Aug. 5, 2020, a purse seiner just south of Prince of Wales Island came across … Continue reading →
Tweet A male salmon shark with two tags shortly before his release back into the sea. Photo courtesy Sabrina Garcia Who knew that the great white shark’s smaller cousin routinely makes its home in Alaskan waters? We’re talking about the … Continue reading →
Tweet Nearly $170,000 will support habitat restoration projects in Alaska, Washington, California, and Virginia. Round ray swims in eelgrass habitat. Photo: Marjorie Howard. NOAA is funding four projects that will enhance recreational fisheries engagement and restore habitat through the coastal National … Continue reading →
Tweet Juvenile and adult pink salmon. Photo: NOAA Fisheries. The Pacific Arctic is undergoing a rapid transformation. As temperatures rise and sea ice melts, some species will do better than others. A new study suggests that pink salmon may be one of … Continue reading →
Tweet Women play a dynamic role in Alaska’s fisheries, see “Genderizing fisheries” article below. Photo courtesy of Theresa Peterson. Over recent decades, Alaska’s fisheries have undergone many regulatory, environmental, social, and economic changes, which have differentially affected dynamics in fishing … Continue reading →
Tweet States and tribes can remove California and Steller sea lions from a management zone on the Columbia River and its tributaries where they prey on at-risk salmon, steelhead, lamprey, sturgeon, and eulachon, under a new authorization by NOAA Fisheries’ … Continue reading →
TweetA Fisherman’s Experiment to Use Everything Istarted direct marketing fish I caught my second year of commercial salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska. My wife Sara Hannan and I sold fish off our boat. We also had a local fish processor … Continue reading →
Tweet Anglers line the banks at Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage. Photo by ADF&G staff. It is late June in Alaska’s largest city. Summer solstice, the longest day of the year; the date upon which the Northland’s moniker “land of … Continue reading →
Tweet NOAA Fisheries is using ocean-going robots (saildrones) equipped with acoustic sensors to count fish. Scientists hope to use this information to understand how the pollock stock is doing in a year when there isn’t a standard research survey. … Continue reading →
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TweetFederal public waters of the Kuskokwim River are open for the harvest of Chinook Salmon only by Federally Qualified Subsistence Users June 12, 15, 18, 2020 The Office of Subsistence Management reminds fishers that the Federal public waters of the … Continue reading →
Tweet Nettles April, May and June are a bonanza for picking edible greens in Southeast Alaska. Upland plants and leaf buds usually sprout sometime in April at sunny sea level spots, and a little later in the shade of the … Continue reading →
Tweet Cubs at McNeil River. Photo by John Hyde/ADF&G Alaska’s wildlife viewing and outdoor opportunities are open this summer, with modifications to accommodate for Covid-19 concerns. Some opportunities are close to urban areas, easily accessible and popular with Alaskans. Others … Continue reading →
Tweet ACalifornia sea lion traded the warmer waters of Southern California for the chilly but herring-rich waters of Southeast Alaska this spring, a swim of about 2,000 miles. Alaska fishermen working the herring roe on kelp fishery near Craig, Alaska, … Continue reading →
Tweet By Riley Woodford Pounders clip kelp to lines on a rack in a pound before herring are introduced. Photo by Bo Meredith Arecord year for spawning herring was good news for the roe on kelp fishery. Roe on kelp … Continue reading →
TweetThe Federal Subsistence Board (Board) met by teleconference on May 1, 2020, and approved Temporary Special Action Requests FSA20-01, FSA20-02, and FSA20-03. Federal public waters of the Kuskokwim River drainage will be closed to the harvest of Chinook Salmon except … Continue reading →
Tweet Checking kelp on a grow line. Courtesy Seagrove Kelp Co. Fledgling kelp farmers are joining Alaska’s wild kelpers in developing a promising new industry in Alaska waters. The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, which promotes innovation in Alaska’s commercial fishing … Continue reading →
TweetSablefish tags bring prizes and cash rewards A tagged sablefish. Every spring, Fish and Game announces the winners of the annual sablefish tag recovery incentive drawing. These go to anglers and, most often, commercial longliners who catch a tagged sablefish … Continue reading →
