National Fisherman

Blackcod

Keith Singleton of Alaskan Leader (middle) accepts the Bristol Bay Choice Award from Lilani Dunn and Michael "MJ" Jackson of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.

Seaweed, salmon and sablefish win big in Alaska seafood competition

Jessica Hathaway

Ivan Svasand joins Alaskan Leader Seafoods as the new project manager for the company’s Value Added Divisions. Alaskan Leader Seafoods photo

Alaskan Leader Seafoods brings a full roster to Boston

Jessica Hathaway

The crew of the F/V Devotion easily handles a lightweight CodCoil pot with live blackcod. Ryan Johnson photo

Fishermen give feedback on gear innovations

Guest Author

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s All Hands on Deck meeting will be hosted virtually from Juneau, Nov. 9-12. ASMI photo

Down to Business: Alaska’s All Hands on Deck goes live

Jessica Hathaway

James Aaron Stevens was owner and captain of the F/V Alaskan Star when he misreported catches in 2014 to 2017, according to federal prosecutors. International Pacific Halibut Commission photo.

Alaska captain hit with $1 million fine, six-month sentence for misreporting

Brian Hagenbuch

Blackcod. Tuna Harbor Dockside Market photo.

Pacific blackcod: Smaller fish mean lower prices, but good future

Charlie Ess

Dungeness crab. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Alaska’s Dungeness crab prices double, halibut and blackcod also on the rise

Laine Welch

The F/V Woodstock, a blackcod and halibut longliner out of Sitka, Alaska. Photo by Joshua Roper/Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

Alaska halibut and blackcod: As market recovers from covid, biomass future looks bright

Charlie Ess

Kinematics Bristol Bay Gillnetter — Kevin Wilson, deckhand on the F/V Curragh, standing on the back deck of a 32-foot salmon gillnetter on his first day of the season in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Naknek River fishing district. Kinematics Marine Equipment

OnDeck in the Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Nets & Haulers

NF Staff

Cordova, Alaska. Cheryl Ess photo

Alaska’s salmon season starts soon, plus pot shrimp, Dungeness, halibut and more…

Laine Welch

The crew of the F/V Devotion easily handles a lightweight CodCoil pot with live blackcod. Ryan Johnson photo

Editor’s Log: Spring a trap

Jessica Hathaway