Tag Archives: Alaska fisheries news

A fisherman at the mouth of the Buskin River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS) The Buskin River will close for subsistence and sport sockeye salmon fishing on Sat. June 11 at 12:01 a.m., according to Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game. The closure encompasses the inside waters of Chiniak Bay from Cliff Point to the southernmost tip of Near Island to …

State lawmakers are looking at extending and expanding a tax credit for shoreside seafood processors in Alaska. Alaska has given tax credits to salmon processors that invest in new equipment for nearly 20 years. That program was expanded back in 2014 to include herring processors. Senate Bill 33 would extend that program through 2026, but it would also go further …

The U.S. Secretary of Commerce approved disaster designations for over a dozen fisheries in Alaska late last week. Salmon fisheries from the Yukon River to Prince William Sound and the Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab fishery were cited in the department’s list – so is the Gulf of Alaska’s cod fishery for 2020.   The last time the Gulf of Alaska’s …

Dave Kubiak spent a recent rainy Thursday stacking the deck of his boat, the Laura Lee, with crab pots in preparation for Kodiak’s Tanner crab season. According to him, the night before the season is always exciting. “We’ll leave in sufficient time to get there and to go someplace and anchor up,” he said. “And then wait for the morning …

Coming up this week on the Alaska Fisheries report, Bristol Bay’s Nushagak King run wasn’t quite as poor as on one sonar site determined. The inaccuracy may have been partly due to a design flaw. And, Kodiak is preparing to fight back against what it sees as a major threat to its commercial salmon fishery. We had help from KDLG’s …