The bill would require designated seats on the seven-member board to represent commercial, sport, and subsistence sectors, along with one representing scientists.

AVCP and Tanana Chiefs Conference, along with the City of Bethel, claimed that recent groundfish harvest management in the Bering Sea wasn’t properly taking into account major changes to the ocean ecosystem, including fisheries collapses on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, and thus violated federal law.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers say two 16-year-old residents allegedly killed a bull moose a short distance from the community’s airport, failed to salvage the meat, and shot the moose using an unpermitted type of rifle.

Alaska has killed more than 200 bears as part of its "intensive management" program intended to help a caribou herd.

Once one of the states largest caribou herds, southwestern Alaska's Mulchatna caribou herds' low population has failed to recover. Researchers are examining disease and nutrition to understand why.

The issue pits a multibillion-dollar industry against Western Alaska subsistence communities struggling with record-low salmon returns — with climate change playing a pivotal role.

Tribal policy experts got together on Jan. 3 in anticipation of a fisheries management decision that could eventually set a limit on chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.

Five individuals from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have been newly appointed or reappointed to the regional council that advises on federal subsistence management decisions – the Federal Subsistence Board Regional Advisory Council for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

A recent study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks examined chinook salmon size and productivity, asking state employees, community members, and Elders where and how to look.

For the first time, this hunt is not limited to antlered moose – any moose may be harvested within the hunt boundary. There will be 140 permits available on a first come, first served basis, with a quota of 70 moose.