The maximum harvest level for Sitka’s commercial herring fishery has been reduced, despite recent increases in the biomass.

The Southeast Alaska/Yakutat finfish and shellfish regulatory meeting that began on Jan. 28 finally adjourned at 12:23 p.m. Sunday.

Near the end of its two-week meeting on Sunday, the Alaska Board of Fisheries considered a proposal to close off a small bay ...

With about a month to go until herring return to the Sitka area, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a guideline harvest level of 36,720 tons for the Sitka Sound commercial fishery ...

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is meeting in Ketchikan to consider changes to Southeast Alaska’s fisheries. The state ...

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Rubber boots are utilitarian and stout, but I have yet to find the perfect pair. Montana-based Sitka Gear is trying to change that. Sitka, a high-tech apparel brand that’s making the leap from ...

The annual British Columbia herring fishery is underway, but not without controversy. Critics, including First Nations and conservationists, are calling for a moratorium on the herring harvest.