Wild Fish Conservancy has filed a lawsuit that could effectively end commercial king salmon trolling in southeast Alaska. The conservation group claimed Alaska’s salmon harvesting threatens endangered ...

SEATTLE — A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen — after a ...

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That's according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024. Seafood harvesting jobs — which ...

Commercial fishing in Alaska, long notorious as a dangerous and potentially deadly occupation, is getting safer, according to data presented this month to federal regulators. Alaska fishing-related ...

Seafood harvesting in Alaska has lost over a third of its total jobs in the past decade, with fishing employment down every ...

The Alaska Board of Fisheries plans to meet Jan. 28 through Feb. 9 in Ketchikan to discuss proposed changes to finfish and shellfish fisheries in Southeast Alaska. Ahead of that meeting, the Upper ...

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...

Nick Katelnikoff learned to fish from his father, and he says his first paycheck as a fisherman came when he turned 8 years old. Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper ...