Members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s advisory panel listen to testimony from a tribal leader in Anchorage this week. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) Members of the ...

U.S. Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, a Democrat from Alaska, introduced two bills on Wednesday that align with her long-time political, professional and personal incentives to protect marine ecosystems ...

According to a recent poll, seventy percent of Alaskans would approve a total ban on industrial pollock trawlers off the state’s coasts. In line with this overwhelming support, U.S. Representative ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in federal waters off Alaska. The lawsuit was filed by Groundfish Forum Inc., ...

Julie Bonney is a longtime, Kodiak Island-based representative of some of Alaska’s trawlers — a type of fishing boat that’s drawn increasing criticism over the years for accidental “bycatch” of salmon ...

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 Bering ...

Tribal and environmental advocates calling for a crackdown on salmon and halibut bycatch are set to gain a new ally on the federal council that manages Alaska’s lucrative Bering Sea fisheries.

Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas hauled up by groundfish trawlers in Alaska’s Bering Sea since May. Conservationists say more needs to be done to prevent such deaths. They ...

A federal fishery agency reported last week that 10 killer whales were caught in the gear of trawl net vessels fishing this year in the Bering Sea and North Pacific waters off the Aleutian Islands.

It’s been three years since a crash in king salmon populations forced an outright ban on fishing for them in the Yukon River. And barring an unexpected recovery, residents along the river won’t be ...