Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, has paused work on House Bill 117, which would allow setnet fishermen to pool their fish as a cooperative before sending them to a fishing tender for processing.

Duncan Fields serves on multiple boards, including the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and the Kodiak Island Borough School ... of 2024 about suspicious fishing permit activity.

The cooperative insurance pools are seen as an alternative for commercial fishers facing high premiums from traditional ...

For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game ... said commercial fisherman Gabriel Prout, who's based on Kodiak Island. "There's not a lot you can do. These boats are ...

State prosecutors have accused Kodiak fisher Duncan Fields and other ... allowing the family to bypass state limits on individual ownership. Alaska Beacon is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit ...

A Bristol Bay sockeye salmon "mob" gathers in August 2004 in the Wood River, which flows into the Nushagak River just north of Dillingham. (Photo by Thomas Quinn/, University of Washington) ...