Salmon runs across Western Alaska, particularly in the Yukon and Kuskokwim river systems, have collapsed to levels that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Subsistence harvests have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trawl-caught pollock harvested during an Alaska research survey. (Photo by David Csepp/National Marine Fisheries Service) As ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trawl-caught pollock harvested during an Alaska research survey. (Photo by David Csepp/National Marine Fisheries Service) In May ...

The bill, mandating salmon excluders, seafloor-contact monitoring and greater trawl transparency in Alaska's federal fisheries, will now head to a vote in the full Senate.

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Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang T here has been much debate regarding the impact that trawling has had on Alaska fisheries, especially given that some of our state’s salmon, crab, and halibut ...

A stream of data more than a decade in the making is helping a team of Alaska researchers’ efforts to boost the health of the local salmon population and the bottom line of fishing trawlers. A ...

The race for Senate in Alaska, one of Democrats’ best hopes this year for retaking a seat in the upper chamber, has a lot to do with fish.  Both candidates’ records on trawling — which refers to ...

Former Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, now running for the state’s U.S. Senate seat, is facing criticism over her ...

NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Assessment Program is conducting the Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey. The near real-time ocean bottom temperatures depicted were collected ...

The Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering Program supports fisheries management through world-class applied science, technology, gear, and data-driven research. Our camera systems and ...