Hauling in the hooks

The halibut season closed at noon today.

Two Alaska men sentenced over sea lion slaughter

Here's the press release.

Change at the top

Scott Kelley has retired as director of the state Division of Commercial Fisheries.

Forrest Bowers has been serving as acting director since Sept. 26.

Missing person

In late September, a man went missing from the Bering Sea cod freezer longliner Clipper Epic.

A search failed to locate the man, who was not named at the time.

The Alaska State Troopers are now identifying him as Nicolas Andres Pettitt, 38, of Washington state.

A down year for Alaska salmon

Here's the 2018 commercial salmon season summary.

Up from the ashes

Here's a photo essay on the rebuild of Peter Pan's Port Moller plant, which sustained major fire damage in August 2017.

Ocean Beauty cannery offered for sale

Back in August, Ocean Beauty Seafoods said it was closing its Petersburg cannery permanently.

Now the plant is up for sale. Asking price: $3.39 million.