An update on the Metlakatla case

Here's the story from Alaska Public Media's Eric Stone.

Showtime in Seattle

Pacific Marine Expo runs today through Saturday in Seattle.

The huge trade show annually attracts scores of North Pacific commercial fishermen looking to shop gear or mingle with old friends.

Show details are here.

Are you going? I hope so. Unfortunately, Deckboss can't make it this year.

'Salmon everywhere'

Here's what happens when you knock out a bunch of dams on a legacy salmon river.

Avoiding salmon in the Bering Sea pollock fishery

A new study examines how the pollock fishery might avoid salmon bycatch by better understanding how Chinook and chum respond to oceanographic conditions.

An 'average' pink salmon forecast

"The 2026 Southeast Alaska pink salmon harvest is expected to be near average, with a harvest forecast of 19 million fish," says this advisory announcement.

Personnel file

Diana Evans has been named interim executive director of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council following the retirement of David Witherell.

Notable reading

Northern Journal has launched an interesting series of articles.

Here's part one on the struggling Pacific halibut fishery.

And here's a sidebar.