In Alaska, the last stronghold for wild salmon, Native tribes and conservationists are working to save the fish from both ...

Fisheries biologist Diana Stram runs the groundfish plan team, which presents annual reports to the council. She says the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Trawl-caught pollock harvested during an Alaska research survey. (David Csepp/National Marine ...

The factory trawler Unimak pulls into port on May 30, 2025, in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The bottom trawler delivered a catch of yellowfin sole to a freezer storage facility. Image by Loren ...

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 ...

Alaska Commissioner of Fish and Game Doug Vincent-Lang went to Soldotna for a fishing conference this week, stated one thing obvious about the decline in Alaska king salmon, and is now being roasted ...

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA— In a recent survey of more than 1,000 Alaskans, most named banning bottom trawling as their top priority when it comes to federal fisheries management in Alaska. Trawlers’ bycatch ...

New provisions that benefit whaling captains and rural hospitals appear to be aimed at winning over Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who had said the bill would hurt her state. By Catie ...

THE MERRY OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER are the newest champions of the NBA. The first round of the league's draft is Wednesday (7 p.m., ABC & ESPN). The Bulls are as adrift as an Alaskan trawler trying to ...

Juneau, AK: A headline in Under Current News published June 9th read: “North Pacific Council Bucks Critics, Preserves Status Quo for Alaska Trawlers”. This is not the news that Alaskan coastal ...

Tom Conner’s recent My Turn criticizing SalmonState was a messy mashup of insults and misinformation that read suspiciously like talking points whipped up by a PR firm hired by industry to discredit ...