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Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is in a tough reelection fight, today celebrated passage of his Bycatch Reduction Act (S. 4938) out...

Congressman Nick Begich, R-Alaska, has introduced a bill to restructure the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. The Anchorage-based co...

"Open ocean aquaculture isn't about replacing wild fisheries; it's about complementing them to help provide more American-raise...

Two Southern senators have introduced a bill requiring all seafood be "clearly labeled" with country of origin and whether it'...

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, colleagues and seafood industry players are hailing Senate passage of a bill designed to combat purported illegal...

Two senators are questioning the Trump administration's withholding of $246 million in NOAA funding.

U.S. senators including Washington's Maria Cantwell and Alaska's Dan Sullivan are sponsoring legislation to reauthorize the National...

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, says she secured a pledge from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to "convene a meeting with Alaska...

Here are a couple of significant Outside events to watch. • On June 4 in Washington, D.C., the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water...

Here are two notes of interest from the nation's capital. • U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and colleagues have introduced legislati...

U.S. Sens. Angus King, of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, are among sponsors of the legislation. More details in this press release .

A huge year-end funding bill includes $300 million in a section titled "fisheries disaster assistance." The bill is meant to aver...

Two top commercial fishing organizations like the new farm bill taking shape in Congress. United Fishermen of Alaska Seafood Harvesters of A...

Fishing and processing groups recently sent this letter to Congress urging adequate funding for federal fisheries surveys.

Alaska's congressional delegation is sponsoring legislation to expedite federal aid following fishery disaster declarations.

Here's her congressional website .

Amid all the trouble over Ukraine, Alaska members of Congress have introduced bills to ban Russian seafood imports. Here's a press relea...

"Federal support to help seafood processors weather the pandemic is urgently needed — without it, our nation's entire seafood indus...

Here is  remarkable congressional testimony  from Stephanie Madsen, executive director of the At-sea Processors Association, describing the ...

The U.S. Senate last night passed a gigantic coronavirus economic rescue package that includes $300 million in assistance to "fishery p...