The New York Times discovers Alaska fish politics

Here's an article and a video.

Red king crab, bairdi surge while snow crab dips

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game today announced Bering Sea crab harvest quotas for the 2026-27 season.

The Bristol Bay red king crab quota is 3.41 million pounds, a 27 percent increase from last season.

The Bering Sea snow crab quota is 5.1 million pounds, down 45 percent.

The Bering Sea bairdi Tanner crab quota is 32.1 million pounds, a 185 percent increase.

The season opens at noon Oct. 15, with the fleet expected to concentrate on red king crab first.

Northwest oil threat?

A proposed Canadian pipeline could "bring a massive expansion in both the volume of crude oil and the number of tankers transiting the Salish Sea," Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller say in a joint statement.

'History of Terminal 91'

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USCG reports Southeast sinking, helicopter rescue

Details and a video here.

Board, council to talk trawl next month

A joint committee of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is set to meet Oct. 16 to discuss a range of trawl topics. Details in this notice.

Dump those halibut, or donate?

The National Marine Fisheries Service has received an application for a special permit to allow a factory trawler, the Northern Glacier, to donate some halibut bycatch to a hunger relief organization rather than return the fish to the sea as required by regulation.