A hint of optimism creeps into Darius Kasprzak's voice as he pilots his boat, the Marona, out of Kodiak harbor on a recent calm day. "We're in the morning, we're at the start of the flood tide," he ...

Let's get one thing out of the way right now: This is a story about cod semen and the people who love to eat it. Right now, fishing boats are pulling Pacific cod from the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska ...

The fall harvest season for Alaska Cod opened last week in Alaska’s Bering Sea, with a harvest limit of over 36,000 metric tons (over 79 million pounds). The Gulf of Alaska harvest season opens on ...

Intro; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Salt Cod Era (1863-1950); Chapter 1: Codfish Fundamentals; Chapter 2: Early Development of the ...

What was once the bread and butter for many Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fishermen now rests like a distant memory among Alaska’s commercial fishing industry. The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery ...

No apologies: my favorite item on the McDonald’s menu is the Filet-O-Fish. Created in the early ‘60s for Catholic diners who were abstaining from meat on Fridays, its very simple recipe — warm, soft, ...

Photo of Popof Island, Alaska taken in 1905. It’s considered to be the state’s first codfish shore station. (University Of Washington Libraries/Freshwater And Marine Image Bank) The Pacific cod ...

Fishermen in the Bering Sea black cod fishery, off the US state of Alaska, say an increase in orcas picking off their catch is getting so bad, some are foregoing the season altogether. That's ...

The appeal is partly culinary. Alaska whitefish has a mild flavor and firm texture that works across a wide range of easy and delicious recipes for home cooks.