“Look, we’re part of this community,” said Jeff Welbourn, Trident's senior vice president of Alaska operations and engineering. “We want to make sure that it feels secure in its future and that’s why we’re trying to make sure that this lands with a good steward and operators.”

“Russians have essentially admitted they’re not just at war in Ukraine, they’re at war with the American fishing industry,” said U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) at a news conference on May 23.

State lawmakers voted to form a seafood task force this legislative session to help address the crisis currently facing Alaska’s seafood industry. State Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, will chair the group.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would have exempted Alaska’s commercial vessel owners from being required to pay for registration with two separate state agencies.

The summer commercial salmon season is less than a month away, and Kodiak Island fishermen can expect a smaller pink harvest and mixed sockeye runs overall compared to last year.

Kodiak’s Harbormaster has proposed updating local rates and fees for vessel moorage, petroleum products and dry storage, among other things.

The fifth Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium was this week. The conference brings together scientists from around the archipelago and Alaska every three years to present their research. The event started April 23 and wrapped April 25 with films about coastal life. Julie Matweyou introduces Keynote Speaker Rick Thoman on the opening night of the …

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan is heading to Europe next month to convince trade officials there to ban Russian seafood. That was one policy goal the senator said he’s pushing in the coming month, during a visit to Kodiak’s annual commercial fishing trade show ComFish. Sullivan came to Kodiak to give his talk at ComFish in …

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola gave video presentations on the first day of Kodiak’s commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish. The seafood industry is facing historic challenges and the pair hope closing a loophole on Russian imports could help bolster Alaska’s presence in markets. The expo for ComFish was held in the Kodiak …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: North Peninsula dungeness season is about to open, as reported by Andy Lusk and Sofia Stuart-Rasi of KUCB, KFSK’s Shelby Herbert reports that Trident has finalized sale of its Petersburg plant,Silver Bay is stepping into Peter Pan’s shoes, according to Theo Greenly of KUCB, Jack …