Alaska Cod is an excellent source of high-quality protein and essential nutrients. One 3.5-ounce serving contains 22 grams of protein, just 105 calories, and less than one gram of fat. This cold water ...

Unlike those for cod or snow crabs, Dungeness crab fishing permits are cheaper and easier to come by right now, based on surveys that show there's still plenty to be caught.

Gulf of Alaska cod have had a rough go of it in the last few years. A massive Pacific ocean heat wave from 2014 to 2016 crashed cod numbers by more than half in the Gulf.

Gulf of Alaska cod have been in steep decline due to rising ocean temperatures. Now, for the first time ever, federal fisheries managers are shutting down the lucrative fishery because of low stock.

At its peak, the blob stretched from Alaska to South America. In the Gulf of Alaska, the cod population plummeted by more than 80 percent. Climate change didn't cause the blob all on its own.