http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1659401442.pdf For Immediate Release: March 18, 2025 CONTACT: Matt Keyse, Finfish Area Management Biologist – (907) 486-1874 Sand Point Commercial Salmon Fishery Update # 1 Because of concerns for Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon (king salmon) across the Gulf of...
Read MoreBy Hal Bernton for ProPublica and Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal This article was produced in a partnership with ProPublica, Northern Journal and the Anchorage Daily News. Last summer, an unsettling quiet cloaked the isolated Southwest Alaska community of King Cove as the town’s economic engine — a sprawling seafood...
Read MoreMaggie Nelson. Sand Point is without access to fuel after a fire broke out at the local Trident Seafoods plant.The fire started early Thursday morning, pausing the processor’s operations, including its fuel sales, which the small eastern Aleutian community relies on.Sand Point Police Chief Benjamin Allen said the lack of fuel...
Read MoreAudio of the meeting: https://apradio.org/mp3/2025-01-10-adfg.mp3 For Immediate Release: Nat Nichols, Area Management Biologist Cassandra Whiteside, Asst. Area Management Biologist January 3, 2025 (907) 486-1840 2025 South Peninsula District Commercial Tanner Crab Fishery Preseason Meeting Announced...
Read MoreCALL FOR PROPOSALS: Alaska Board of Fisheries THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES CALLS FOR PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE SUBSISTENCE, PERSONAL USE, SPORT, GUIDED SPORT, AND COMMERCIAL FISHING REGULATIONS FOR BRISTOL BAY FINFISH, ARCTIC / YUKON / KUSKOKWIM FINFISH, ALASKA PENINSULA / ALEUTIAN ISLANDS / CHIGNIK FINFISH AREAS, and STATEWIDE...
Read MoreAudio from the meeting: https://apradio.org/mp3/2024-12-17-aebfish.mp3 AEB Fishermen’s Winter Fisheries Meeting Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:00 – 12:00 (AKST) www.aebfish.org Download PDF of the meeting here: https://www.apradio.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AEBfishFlyer121724.pdf Agenda • United States Coast Guard, Cpt...
Read MoreAudio: https://apradio.org/mp3/2024-11-22-aebfish.mp3 PDF: AEBfishFlyer112224 AEB Fishermen’s Meeting FRIDAY November 22, 2024 10AM via Teams/virtual meeting Teams meeting will be held at Aleutians East Borough meeting places – • Sand Point Borough Office • King Cove Borough Office • False Pass City Office • Nelson Lagoon...
Read MoreThe At-Sea Processors Association, which represents Alaska’s pollock industry, has announced that its longtime leader is preparing to retire. In a statement Monday, the group said former Unalaska resident Stephanie Madsen will step down at the end of the year. Madsen has been with the association since 2007, following nearly...
Read MoreA Washington state judge approved a deal on Thursday giving the assets of Peter Pan Seafoods to the company’s former co-owner Rodger May, a decision that follows months of controversy over the seafood processing company, which ceased operations this year. May placed the winning bid for the company’s assets at auction last...
Read MoreBy Nathaniel Herz┃Northern Journal One of the original investors in a troubled Alaska seafood company has narrowly outbid competitor Silver Bay Seafoods in an auction for the firm’s assets — including a major processing plant in the Alaska Peninsula village of King Cove. Rodger May, an entrepreneur and fish trader, bid $37.3...
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