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Kelp farms pitched as economic engine to replace commercial fishing in rural communities Alaska's burgeoning mariculture industry is giving an industry update on the final day at ComFish.

The best underwater drones open up exciting possibilities in aquatic exploration. Also known as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), these mini remote-controlled submarines allow you to capture footage ...

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 ...

Alaska’s “limited entry” permit system was intended to reduce overharvesting while preserving local harvests. In Kodiak, a permit holder “may operate no more than two set gillnets, with no more than ...

Duncan Fields has served on the Kodiak Island Borough School District's Board of Education for years. Alaska Wildlife Troopers are accusing four members of Kodiak's Fields family as well as their ...

Alaska’s “limited entry” permit system was intended to reduce overharvesting while preserving local harvests. In Kodiak, a permit holder “may operate no more than two set gillnets ...

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) ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Recent cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could end programs that are “critical” for commercial fishing safety in Alaska, according to the Alaska ...

Megan Dean, commander of Alaska's 17th District, gives a speech from the podium with John Witherspoon's daughter, Regina Nash, behind her. The John Witherspoon first arrived in Kodiak in January ...

Members of Kodiak’s Alaska Army National Guard detachment Monday received a casket bearing the body of their fellow Guardsman Daniel Nelson. Nelson died last week in Kodiak and his body was sent to ...