Alaska pollock is one of the world’s most valuable fisheries, due to the enormous annual harvest volume and the versatility ...

As many of you know, some species of marine mammals and birds have been declining in the Bering Sea and some people believe that too much fishing is the cause of the declines. That is the topic of ...

Previously, we cooperated with Russia on closing the Bering Sea ‘donut hole’ to unregulated foreign fishing, banning high seas drift nets, joint salmon fisheries research in the Gulf of Alaska ...

The cast of Deadliest Catch isn’t just battling the fierce waters of the Bering Sea. They also earn hefty paychecks for their ...

James Brooks Alaska Beacon Federal fisheries managers did not mishandle trawl fishing rules amid Alaska ... in 2023 over its ...

According to the Service, the study is intended to provide data that “will inform possible future management” of fisheries in the area, meaning it could open to bottom-trawl fishing as the Bering Sea ...

He devoted most of [his] summers and winters to fishing for king crab, opilio, Pacific cod and pollock in the Bering Sea," it continued. "The Bering Sea was very special place near and dear to his ...

In common with most of the rich fishing grounds of the world, the weather in the Bering Sea is often inclement. Calm, peaceful, warm seas are not very productive from the harvesting point of view.

ANCHORAGE ALASKA—Fishermen off the coast of Alaska’s Bering Sea last year caught a record two million metric tons of cod, flounder, and other bottomfish, nearly 50% more than the harvest of a decade ...