Butch Laiti is president of the Douglas Indian Association, a tribal government in Juneau. The association has purchased a fishing boat and wants to buy a commercial fishing permit for its members to ...

Michael Duby of Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A. was sentenced to 10 years in jail with a five-and-a-half-year suspension by a state ...

The Aleutians East Borough was among four plaintiffs who argued the Board of Fisheries violated state’s ethics laws.

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That's according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024. Seafood harvesting jobs — which ...

Commercial fishing in Alaska, long notorious as a dangerous and potentially deadly occupation, is getting safer, according to data presented this month to federal regulators. Alaska fishing-related ...

Reid Williams, a second-generation fisherman from Cordova, grew up in a fishing family and began working as a teenager. After ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, speaks to the Alaska House of Representatives on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Photo by James ...

Alaska Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka may be reeling from past commercial fishing violations, which her incumbent opponent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) is highlighting in a new attack ad. A new ...

The Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is a tale of two cities. Talk to the commercial fishermen in Alaska and they will say it is working. Talk to the recreational boat tied to ...