Alaska's Most Lucrative Fishery Is at War With Itself Out on the Bering Sea in the summer of 2026, a trawl net breached the ...

Veteran public relations professional Heather Handyside said Alaskans have historically viewed pollock less favorably than Pacific salmon and halibut, and much work has been done to address that.

An estimated 8.3% — or 9,246 fish — were from Western Alaska drainages, including the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, according to the analysis submitted to the federal fishery council. The Coastal ...

NOAA Fisheries scientists are studying factors that may contribute to the bycatch of Chinook and chum salmon in Alaska’s pollock fishery. A new study from NOAA Fisheries and its partners is exploring ...

While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry. This article was originally published in ...

Deckhand Martin Vasquez walks through a pile of fish as they transfer from the net to holds underneath the deck of the Northern Hawk factory trawler on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 in the Bering Sea. (Loren ...

(NewsNation) — Alaska's pollock trawlers are under fire for accidentally catching salmon while salmon returns in the fall, and the head of the group that represents the boats says banning them would ...

The net rose from the heaving Bering Sea swells, packed so tightly with Alaska pollock that their heads squeezed through the webbing.

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