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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers By Nathaniel Herz Published April 8, 2024 at 10:35 AM AKDT ...

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard sank a Japanese fishing trawler Thursday, more than a year after it was swept away by a tsunami off the coast of Japan, authorities said.

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 ...

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 ...