Alaska seafood processors hired fewer people in 2023 but paid them more and relied more on nonresidents to fill the jobs, a state analysis shows. The employment trends are what would be expected in an ...

Alaska has finally regained the jobs it lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows the state has rebounded in jobs and wages, ...

Alaska relies on J-1 visas to fill teacher positions, H-1B visas for highly skilled workers and the H-2B program for ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy made waves recently when he proposed that Alaska get into the fish farming business. Here’s a better idea: Use more of every fish that crosses Alaska’s docks. All other U.S. protein ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (Photo by James Brooks via Flickr under Creative Commons ...

'Seafood processing, and by extension fishing, saw a lot of disruptions throughout the industry, so we had a lot of losses' -- Karinne Wiebold, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development ...

As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA), I’ve spent decades navigating Alaska’s challenging waters and the headwinds ...

It was always important for Sara Erickson to stay in Alaska, start her business in Alaska, and find a way to give Alaskans a stable, year-round employment opportunity in-state, which is why she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alaska pollock, shown here from a harvest, make up the nation's top-volume single-species commercial seafood catch. Alaska pollock ...

A Bellingham seafood processing company has been purchased by Wild Alaskan Company, a seafood direct-to-consumer company in Alaska. Monty Rakusen Getty Images Home Port Seafoods, a Bellingham seafood ...

Gulls flock to the Trident Seafood plant in Kodiak on Oct. 3, 2022. Job and wage data indicates that seafood processors faced difficulties in finding enough workers in 2023. (Photo by Yereth ...