Joe Upton, the well-known Washington-based author of several previous books built around his 33 years of commercial fishing in Alaska (“Alaska Blues,” “Journeys Through the Inside Passage,” “Bering ...

For the organization that oversees commercial fisheries in federal waters off Alaska, the most significant impact of the ...

A half-century ago, Angoon’s harbor was packed with small, family-operated fishing vessels. Salmon and halibut fed mouths and bank accounts. Peter Duncan, Mayor of Angoon, remembers those days. But it ...

Dungeness crab fishing is back on for a full fall season that began Wednesday and extends through Nov. 30, although Alaska Department of Fish and Game harvest projections show that Southeast Alaska ...

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...

At Southeast Alaska’s annual economic conference that took place in Sitka in mid-September, industry leaders talked about the ...

Federal prosecutors are recommending that an Alaska fisherman serve six months in prison, pay a $25,000 fine and be banned from commercial fishing for a year after lying about fishing catches and ...

Nick Katelnikoff learned to fish from his father, and he says his first paycheck as a fisherman came when he turned 8 years old. Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper ...

Waters off Sitka were warm enough to lure fish from the south, and local anglers took advantage of conditions to harvest species that make rare appearances in Alaska In Alaska, a state famous for ...

Jared Nelson, left, and Adam Olson, right, show off their haul of albacore tuna caught off the Sitka coast on Sept. 7. Waters near Sitka were warm enough to draw tuna from the south, and residents ...