An opportunity in Cordova

The Copper River/Prince William Sound Marketing Association is looking to hire up to two boats to help supply ice during the upcoming salmon season.

For more details, check out this bid solicitation.

Ice forces another extension of snow crab season

The state is again extending the snow crab season due to persistent sea ice limiting the fleet's access to fishing grounds.

The season now will be open through June 15, says this press release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

The industry had a quota of 88.9 million pounds, and 23 percent of this remains unharvested, the department says.

Record sea ice forces snow crab extension

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is extending the Bering Sea snow crab season due to ice cover that's prevented the fleet from accessing the fishing grounds.

Here's the press release.

More territory for snow crabbers

Ice has covered much of the Bering Sea crabbing grounds, bedeviling the snow crab fleet.

Now the state Department of Fish and Game is providing some relief by opening an additional area to fishing, starting tomorrow.

Here's the official announcement.

Thus far, individual fishing quota holders have taken 46.9 million pounds of snow crab, or about 59 percent of the total allowable catch.

The season is scheduled to close at the end of May.