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  • 2 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Anna Laffrey

    Alaska’s commercial herring fisheries are under evaluation for a Responsible Fishery Management eco-certification that could boost sales and harvest from statewide herring fisheries. The state-run Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute commissioned the independent RFM certification study for all commercial herring fisheries that occur in the Southeast Alaska, Prince William Sound, Kodiak, Dutch Harbor and Togiak areas.

  • 3 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Anna Laffrey

    New rules for Alaska resident sport fishermen in the federal waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone were the subject of a public Alaska Department of Fish and Game “preseason meeting” Wednesday night in Centennial Hall. For the first time, residents who are sport fishing this year in the EEZ must follow all nonresident seasons, bag and possession limits, annual limits and size limits. The EEZ is the offshore, federal waters between three nautical miles and 200 nautical miles from shore.

  • 1 month ago | juneauempire.com | Anna Laffrey

    High schoolers from across Alaska reported to Sitka High School at 7:15 a.m. today for the second of a three-day conference of the Alaska Association of Student Governments.

  • 1 month ago | savingseafood.org | Anna Laffrey

    April 10, 2025 — The 2025 Southeast Alaska harvest limit for king salmon will be almost 40% less than last year, a drop of 60,000 fish. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on April 1 announced an overall allocation of 130,800 treaty king salmon — fish that don’t originate in Alaska hatcheries — for all gear groups targeting kings in waters off Southeast Alaska and Yakutat.

  • 1 month ago | juneauempire.com | Anna Laffrey

    Southeast Alaska fishermen discovered last week that harvest limits for chinook salmon in 2025 will be almost 40% less than last year’s. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an overall allocation of 130,800 treaty chinook salmon — fish that didn’t originate in Alaska hatcheries — for all gear groups targeting chinook in waters off Southeast Alaska and Yakutat in 2025.

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Scott Bowlen

Staff Writer at Ketchikan Daily News

Scott Bowlen primarily covers news in the Southeast Alaska region, including areas around Ketchikan and Wrangell, United States.

Alex Abbeduto

Staff Writer at Ketchikan Daily News

Alex Abbeduto primarily covers news in the region around the Gulf of Alaska, including areas near Cordova, Alaska, United States.

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Liz Ruskin

D.C. Correspondent at Alaska Public Media

Liz Ruskin primarily covers news in Alaska, United States, including Anchorage and surrounding areas.

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Maria Dudzak

Reporter at KRBD-FM (Ketchikan, AK)

Maria Dudzak primarily covers news in the Southeast Alaska region, including areas around Ketchikan and Sitka, United States.

Hannah Flor

Reporter at KFSK

Hannah Flor primarily covers news in the Kodiak region of Alaska, United States, including surrounding areas.

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