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.

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 ...

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

Halibut fishing is struggling. The flat fish, once a mainstay for Alaska fishers — and for American families — can now cost ...

ABOARD THE ORACLE, North Pacific — Skipper Robert Hanson seeks halibut on a stretch of graveled sea bottom ripped by the ...

From volunteer-powered efforts to provide essential items, to the massive, multi-agency push to shore up village ...

Never bet against tech Part 3 of a 4-part series Now semi-retired Alaska economist Gunnar Knapp, the nation’s foremost authority on the economics of the Alaska fishing business, offered a ...

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

Sometimes less is more is the mantra embraced by Erik Velsko of Homer, Alaska, intent on building his reputation for the highest quality Pacific cod and other fish harvested from the ocean offshore of ...

Tucked between the mountains and the sea in Anchorage sits a bargain hunter’s paradise where Alaskans brave moose crossings ...

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