JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Sunday approved creating a task force to make policy recommendations to help the beleaguered commercial fishing industry. The Senate unanimously approved the ...

Alaska lawmakers from fishing-dependent communities say they have ideas for ways to rescue the state’s beleaguered seafood industry, with a series of bills likely to follow. Members of a legislative ...

Fishing boats are seen in Kodiak's St. Paul Harbor on Oct. 3, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) A special legislative panel is to make recommendations about state policies to rescue Alaska’s ...

Russian fish flooding global markets and other economic forces beyond the state’s border have created dire conditions for Alaska’s seafood industry. Now key legislators are seeking to establish a task ...

A lawmaker and chair of a seafood task force for the US state of Alaska said a proposal to create a health insurance pool for commercial fishermen is being floated to help buoy the beleaguered seafood ...

Fishing boats are lined up on Oct. 3, 2022, at a dock at Kodiak's St. Paul Harbor. Alaska's fishing industry is being battered by competition from vast quantities of Russian fish, inflation that has ...