Perched on the southern shores of Kodiak Island, Akhiok sits approximately 85 miles southwest of Kodiak City. The village ...

A trawl vessel sits at the dock in Kodiak this summer. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) Federal managers shut down a major Alaska fishery Wednesday after two Kodiak-based boats targeting ...

A major fishery in Alaska had to be shut down for the rest of the year because two boats based in Kodiak unintentionally caught more than 2,000 king salmon in their nets while they were fishing for ...

They will quickly learn that the shrill, shrieking noise made by one rooster is maddening. It is not a sound that can be ignored. Roosters crow nonstop at all hours of the night and day. When several ...

Sep. 3—State officials say a grounded fishing vessel leaking diesel from a beach near Kodiak has prompted a commercial fishing closure as well as precautions at a salmon hatchery. The Sea Ern ran hard ...

KODIAK, Alaska -- Since before the gold rush or the oil boom, Alaskans have made a living pulling fish from the water and shipping them off to feed the rest of the world. And among all fish, salmon ...

The king salmon population in Alaska has dropped 60% since 1984, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Now, some say halting the fishing of king salmon, also known as Chinook salmon, is ...

Nick Katelnikoff learned to fish from his father, and he says his first paycheck as a fisherman came when he turned 8 years old. Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper ...