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 ...

Not only because of the magnitude of the injury, but also the coincidences surrounding the injury and the consequences that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

These fish typically live in tropical and subtropical waters and are found feeding in Alaska’s Bering Sea, according to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration. The lancetfish is pictured.