Black cod fishermen in the Bering Sea have reported an increase in orcas taking their catch off their fishing lines in recent years. Orca depredation isn’t just a costly headache for fishermen — it ...

Federal fisheries managers did not mishandle trawl fishing rules amid Alaska’s ongoing salmon subsistence crisis, a federal judge in Anchorage has ruled. “This suit arises from the apparent tension ...

(AP) Few professions are as deadly as commercial fishing on the Bering Sea. Crews face rogue waves and frigid gales that toss around heavy machines and cause vessels to pitch, yaw and roll on ...

A vessel working with NOAA Fisheries travels through the Eastern Bering Sea while some ice is still intact. (From NOAA Fisheries) Scientists had previously linked the crash of the Bering Sea snow crab ...

such as Pacific cod and sablefish. The Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska pollock harvests start in January. To set the groundfish harvest levels, the council relies on federal scientists’ analysis of fish ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN Newsource/KTUU/WKRC) - Over the past few years, billions of snow crabs have either vanished or been killed in the ocean around Alaska, and now scientists think they know why.