A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...

an issue that has caused conflict between fishing communities. In September, two Kodiak trawlers accidentally caught 2,000 king salmon, hitting a federally mandated limit and closing a valuable ...

Daubert said the fast response cutters coming to Kodiak will be responsible for a variety of duties across an area that expands west and north from Yakutat. The cutters may be sent as far afield as ...

Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper running a commercial fishing ... There were 73 Kodiak salmon purse seine permits initially issued in the island's six Native ...