Fishermen and scientists were alarmed when billions of crabs vanished from the Bering Sea ... as oceans warm and sea ice disappears. The ocean around Alaska is now becoming inhospitable for ...
As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA), I’ve spent decades navigating Alaska’s challenging waters and the headwinds ...
The invasive European Green Crabs that have wreaked havoc on clam fisheries in Maine and the West Coast have now reached Alaska, where they could threaten subsistence, personal use, and commercial ...
Alaska’s fishing economy is in free fall, beset by rising costs, changing ocean conditions, collapsing fish and crab stocks ... industry suffered a $1.8 billion loss between 2022 and 2023 ...
As a whole, commercial fisheries in Alaska were estimated to be worth $1.8 billion dollars less ... A lot of the seafood harvested around Alaska is exported – what’s going on with markets?
A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood industry to lose $1.8 billion from 2022 to 2023, a new federal ...
Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population triggered two consecuctive years of closure, starting in 2022.
A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood industry to lose $1.8 billion from 2022 to 2023, a new federal report ...
Numerous economic forces combined last year to create a $1.8 billion loss for the Alaska seafood industry, and related losses affected other states, according to a new report. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska ...
Nationwide, Alaska’s seafood industry woes caused the loss from 2022 to 2023 of more than 38,000 jobs and a $4.3 billion decline in total U.S. output, the report said. There was also a loss of ...