Skipper, deckhand charged with shooting sea lions

Here's the press release.

New leadership for UFA

Matt Alward will succeed Jerry McCune as president of United Fishermen of Alaska, the state's top commercial fishing organization.

Here's the press release.

Restless in Seattle

Halibut vessel owners and the crewmen's union fired off this joint letter calling for action to reduce bycatch.

Trollers take a hit

Southeast Alaska trollers have an allocation of 95,700 Chinook this year under the Pacific Salmon Treaty, a big cut from last year's 154,880 Chinook.

Sitka bust

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery has come to a close with only a small harvest for the season.

Here's a news release explaining the closure.