Alaska Native CDQ groups expand Bering Sea pollock quota; includes nine fishing vessels

by Laine Welch | Feb 2, 2022 | Groundfish, Trawlers

Coastal Villages Region Fund, Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation and Maruha Nichiro Expand Partnership to Grow Alaska’s Shoreside Pollock Business Partnership includes purchase of four percent of Bering Sea pollock quota, nine fishing vessels and a moored...

Most of Alaska’s annual groundfish and crab catches and values are taken by non-residents, updates for 2020/21

by Laine Welch | Dec 27, 2021 | Crab, Economics, Fish Radio Programs, Groundfish

                                                                                                                     Washington trawlers tied up at Dutch Harbor, AK           Credit: NOAA As Alaska struggles to find new sources of revenue, its leaders might look to...

Boats that catch/process Alaska fish at sea must pay tax to the state, judge rules

by Laine Welch | May 11, 2021 | Fish Radio Programs, Groundfish, Trawlers

         One of three Bering Sea catcher/processing vessels owned by Fishermen’s Finest of Seattle A five-year lawsuit claiming that Alaska’s fish landing tax violates the U.S. Constitution ended last week with the state’s Supreme Court ruling that the tax is...

Seattle trawlers say paying a tax to Alaska for fish they catch in the Bering Sea is “unconstitutional” – AK judge will decide

by Laine Welch | Nov 2, 2020 | Fish Radio Programs, Groundfish, Trawlers

Alaska’s Supreme Court to rule on fish tax, with millions at stake By SeafoodSource: Brian Hagenbuch November 2, 2020  The Alaska Supreme Court is currently reviewing the constitutionality of a lucrative landings tax on fish caught in federal waters and brought...

Ups and downs for AK pollock/cod in 2019; Sablefish spikes

by Laine Welch | Oct 9, 2018 | Fish Radio Programs, Groundfish, NPFMC, Pollock

      The bulk of Alaska’s fish catches come from waters from three to 200 miles offshore with oversight by federal fishery managers. Their advisory arm for Alaska is the North Pacific Fishery Management Council who reviews stock assessments for groundfish...

Fishermen Talk Pacific Cod

by Stephanie Mangini | Jan 15, 2018 | Fish Radio Programs, Groundfish

 Pacific cod         Is the second largest fishery in Alaska. It accounts for 11 percent of Alaska’s total catches and is worth nearly $180 million dollars to fishermen. Since  January 1, only a handful of boats have attempted the doom and gloom fishery in the Gulf....