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 ...

Despite heavy lobbying from Alaska's fishing industry, halibut bycatch for trawlers is now restricted -- the first such restriction since 1989 -- as adult halibut stocks have apparently dwindled.

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.

The Alaska Warrior is a 192-foot trawler. The Alaska Juris, a 218-foot trawler, also is home-ported in Seattle. Both vessels routinely operate out of Dutch Harbor.

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 ...