The City of Cordova is only about 2,300 people but boasts the largest commercial fishing fleet in Alaska. Mayor Clay Koplin said right now his city operates on a lean $10 million budget.

Alaska’s Legislature adjourned in May without addressing an issue that many residents of coastal, Native villages see as ...

But the town ... best without having planned for the worst,” said Sylvia Lange, who grew up in the fishing industry and now runs a popular restaurant and hotel in Cordova, on the shores of ...

At the same time, Area M commercial fishermen caught 1,168,601 chum at sea while subsistence fishing on the rivers was closed. In the midst of the smallest chum run western Alaska subsistence ...

It’s one of the best managed fisheries on earth ... there is no such thing as a truly luxurious fishing lodge in Alaska. These are remote places with very short seasons and a lot of limitations ...

This report is from Alaska ... crab fishing from California to Washington state. Dungeness crab is the most lucrative fishery on the West Coast, and the 2015 season saw commercial landings ...