Many Seattle-based boats are factory trawlers that target pollock, cod, rockfish, flounders and other “groundfish” species.

According to Alaska statute, “contact with the bottom is prohibited” in this “pelagic,” or “midwater” fishery, yet bottom-dwelling species like shortraker rockfish, rougheye rockfish, octopus, halibut ...

A new bycatch fight has erupted over a small pollock fishery not far from urban Alaska, in the waters of Prince William Sound ...

Alaska trawl fisheries are under attack by radical groups. Photo by ErinGla ...

Alaskans are all too familiar with radical groups funded by out-of-state interests seeking to shut down sustainable resource ...

California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check.

According to Alaska statute, “contact with the bottom is prohibited” in this “pelagic,” or “midwater” fishery, yet bottom-dwelling species like shortraker rockfish, rougheye rockfish ...

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A mysterious disease nearly wiped out sunflower stars in 2013. But sunflower stars may once again dot the seabed, thanks to ...

NOAA Fisheries releases their annual Ecosystem Status Reports including a new report card for the northern Bering Sea which ...

If you enjoy wild seafood — fish sandwiches or shrimp; fish sticks or scallops; fish tacos or rockfish ... and other species in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Dec. 17, 2024.