Fishing rights in Alaskan waters is a centuries-old tradition for local communities now impacted by commerical trawlers ...

RELATED: With little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for executive action On the other side are representatives for the trawlers, who generally support ...

Plenty of fish in the sea? Not so according to Alaska lawmakers and residents who want the feds to limit industrial fishing ...

There are renewed calls to halt a shark netting program as data reveals the toll the meshing is taking on endangered and "non ...

Shark nets are being removed from beaches as temperatures dip, but critics of their use say they are not safe to go back in ...

For a long time, fishermen have generally tossed these by-catch fish back into the sea largely because they are unfamiliar to chefs and diners and are often difficult to keep fresh. The untapped ...

A false killer whale grabs a mahimahi hiding under a bucket lid, looking very much like an Avenger in the process! Credit: ...

A particularly important question is whether the fishing method results in the unintended capture of other sea life – the term for this in the industry is “bycatch.” That might include an ...

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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 North ...