Deckboss

National Fisherman has published an article about a pioneering hatchery project to bolster struggling king crab stocks in the Bering Sea.

A bill up for a hearing tomorrow in the House Special Committee on Fisheries aims to make Metlakatla tribal interests eligible for state hat...

During legislative testimony last week, Scott Wagner, general manager of Sitka-based hatchery operator Northern Southeast Regional Aquacultu...

Rep. Jeremy Bynum, R-Ketchikan, is sponsoring House Bill 253 titled "An Act relating to the fisheries enhancement loan program."

The F/V Sea Ern, which ran aground and spilled diesel this week off Afognak Island, has been patched up and towed to Kodiak, state official...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game today released its summary of the Prince William Sound salmon season , and many of the results are ug...

Here's a press release from the U.S. attorney's office.

Read about it here .

The Alaska Legislature opens a new session on Jan. 19, and legislators have prefiled some bills of interest to the commercial fishing commun...

Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association has taken ownership of the Port Graham Hatchery and aims to produce millions of dollars in pink salmon. ...

Southeast regional planning teams are scheduled to meet April 8 in Juneau to review, among other things, some interesting hatchery proposal...

The Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association is looking for an executive director .

The Department of Fish and Game is considering whether to issue a permit for a new Southeast Alaska hatchery to produce Chinook and coho sa...

Gillnetters are expected to get their first crack at those famed Copper River king and sockeye salmon on May 16. That's the word from th...

The chief operator of Prince William Sound salmon hatcheries is again asking for permission to expand production of pink salmon, having been...

Deckboss has reported previously on the controversy  swirling around the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., the Cordova-based operator ...

The fish tender Cape Cross. USCG photo The grounding of the fish tender Cape Cross has prompted the Department of Fish and Game to close an ...

We've been talking a good bit recently about Alaska's network of big salmon hatcheries, and specifically their expansion plans. Hatc...

Deckboss wishes he could be in Cordova tomorrow to hear all the hatchery talk. The Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. (PWSAC), a private...

Deckboss hears that salmon hatchery operators in Prince William Sound and in Southeast Alaska are seeking state approval to significantly bo...