The trawl deck of the Alaska Warrior is seen on March 28, 2008, in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. (Photo by Petty Officer Sara Francis/Coast Guard) An advertiser-sponsored article in the Seattle Times gushed ...

Fishermen in the Bering Sea black cod fishery, off the US state of Alaska, say an increase in orcas picking off their catch is getting so bad, some are foregoing the season altogether. That's ...

We’re grateful that Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik and the Trump administration are turning their attention to the vital role American — which, largely, ...

Lawmakers in Alaska are considering legislation that would reign in one of the most controversial and destructive forms of modern commercial fishing. Known as trawling, this technique involves huge ...

Alaska’s Bering Sea and Aleutian Island groundfish trawl fisheries this year caught 10 killer whales in their massive nets. Nine of them died. NOAA Fisheries is “analyzing collected data to determine ...

Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas hauled up by groundfish trawlers in Alaska’s Bering Sea since May. Conservationists say more needs to be done to prevent such deaths. They ...

Members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s advisory panel listen to testimony from a tribal leader in Anchorage this week. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) It’s been three ...

A federal fishery agency reported last week that 10 killer whales were caught in the gear of trawl net vessels fishing this year in the Bering Sea and North Pacific waters off the Aleutian Islands.

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 ...

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 after a ...

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