Alaska Public Media

New offshore drilling plan opens almost all federal water off Alaska

The draft plan calls for lease sales in Cook Inlet and the Arctic, as well as the Bering Sea and other regions important to ...
National Fisherman

Federal actions spark new optimism for Alaska’s fishing industry

Fisheries in Alaska are responsible for about 60% of the seafood in the United States, but they have faced significant ...
Alaska Public Media

After years of waiting, Alaska’s crab fleet is finally seeing disaster relief

Financial relief is finally reaching Alaska fishermen, roughly four years after the crab crash hit the Bering Sea fleet. The ...
Yahoo

Bering Sea snow crab fishing to resume, but at an ultra-low level to encourage repopulation

Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population triggered two consecuctive years of closure, starting in 2022.
Alaska Dispatch News

Tribal groups, seeking restrictions on Alaska’s Bering Sea trawlers, get day in court

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason heard oral arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by two of Alaska’s largest tribal groups against federal managers of the state’s groundfish trawl fisheries.
Los Angeles Times

Climate change likely culprit in Alaska snow crab collapse

Alaskan officials recently canceled the Bering Sea snow crab season for the first time ever after scientists discovered an unprecedented decline in crab numbers. Climate change is the No. 1 suspect in ...