Alaskan trawlers incidentally catch, or bycatch, 141 million pounds of salmon, crab, halibut and other species each year on a decade average, according to ocean conservancy organization Salmonstate.

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, Alaskan Natives and family-owned fisheries are looking for a sea change in the fishing rights battle between local fishermen and industrial trawling fishing operations ...

According to a recent poll, seventy percent of Alaskans would approve a total ban on industrial pollock trawlers off the state’s coasts. In line with this overwhelming support, U.S ...

Kevin Lester, a geographic information systems specialist who worked on the project, said the idea came about due to the ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in federal waters off Alaska.. The lawsuit was filed by Groundfish Forum ...

Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers The years-long debate is taking on increasing urgency as subsistence harvesting bans continue and the ...

Trawlers from Seattle were among those that caught orcas this year. ... For decades, killer whales have been drawn to fishing boats off Alaska. Longliners, ...

U.S. Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, a Democrat from Alaska, introduced two bills on Wednesday that align with her long-time political, professional and personal incentives to protect marine ecosystems ...

A federal agency said more orcas are getting caught in fishing gear in Alaska and dying. Thieving orca in the area have been picking fish off trawlers' lines for decades.

Step aboard the Northern Eagle, North America’s most advanced deep-sea trawler, as it braves bone-chilling Bering Sea storms and towering 30-foot waves to haul in up to 200 tons of Alaska ...