The bleak years for crabbers have come at a time when trawlers have benefited from strong populations of Bering Sea pollock. The 2023 harvest quota of 1.3 million is 40% higher than in 2010 when ...

The council that manages fishing in federal waters voted this week to link groundfish trawl fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to halibut abundance. The action caps — at least for ...

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a Seattle-based fishing trawler in the Bering Sea on Tuesday as a storm with hurricane-force winds and 40-foot waves moved rapidly ...

One killer whale was caught this season by trawlers targeting flatfish in the Bering Sea, ... The 2023 surge in killer whale takes prompted an expanded research effort — funded by the fishing ...

Orcas spotted in the Bering Sea in August 2023. (Courtesy Of Dustin Unignax̂ Newman) Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas that were hauled up by groundfish trawlers in ...

At least 1,000 fish-eating orcas are known to swim in the Bering Sea, according to a NOAA population estimate published in July. Their population is more than 13 times larger than the endangered ...

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 ...

Nov. 3—Host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska's biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts. As Western Alaska communities ...

Many residents point to the Seattle-based trawler fleets operating in the Bering Sea, which, while fishing for pollock, inadvertently capture large numbers of chum salmon as bycatch.

The Bering sea, near the chain of the Aleutian Islands, is one of the most intense patches of ocean on Earth. Strong winds, freezing temperatures, and icy water are normal conditions.

Nov. 3—Host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska's biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts. As Western Alaska communities ...