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

Wrangel Island in Russia welcomes only specialised ice-breaker expeditions in July and August. You’ll need specific permits ...

A long-running debate over bycatch in the pollock fishery has moved closer to urban Alaska with a new set of proposals aimed ...

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

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 development. A predictable cast of characters — including billionaire activ ...

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is coming to town for the first time since 2012.

According to Alaska statute, “contact with the bottom is prohibited” in this “pelagic,” or “midwater” fishery, yet ...

(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Alaskans are all too familiar ... fish sticks or scallops; fish tacos or rockfish – you are enjoying seafood caught by “trawl” or “dredge” fishing ...

The search covered more than 108 square nautical miles, the Coast Guard said. The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its search for five people who went missing after a fishing boat capsized near ...