The state has kept detailed statistics since 2001, and the number of people fishing and processing fish hasn't ever been so low.

Fisheries in Alaska are responsible for about 60% of the seafood in the United States, but they have faced significant ...

Commercial fishing groups are praising U.S. lawmakers for establishing a new seafood liaison position within the U.S.

The state report found that the commercial fishing sector lost 443 jobs in 2024, a 7.6 percent drop from 2023. On average, ...

The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted fisheries, low prices, climate change and foreign competition that could get a ...

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.

In Alaska, it is well known that “seafood sustains us.” What isn’t as well known is that Alaska seafood also sustains the rest of the United States and the world. Alaska produces nearly two-thirds of ...

In Alaska, it is well known that “Seafood sustains us.” What isn’t as well known is that Alaskan seafood also sustains the rest of the United States and the world. Alaska produces nearly two-thirds of ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There’s an effort underway to bring New England shrimp back to seafood customers — but fishermen have found few of the crustaceans, and the fishing industry that harvests them ...

ANCHORAGE -- Lindsey Bloom is so enthusiastic about her budding career as a commercial fisherman that she had the state's "Made in Alaska" emblem and two leaping sockeye salmon tattooed on the small ...