Alaska Public Media

Conservation group sues to limit pollock trawl fishing in Bering Sea to protect fur seals

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Alaska on Wednesday, centers on the fur seal population on St. Paul Island, ...
Alaska Public Media

American Seafoods disputes Coast Guard seizure of pollock roe near Dutch Harbor

The Coast Guard says it seized more than $65,000 worth of pollock roe from an American Seafoods vessel near Dutch Harbor. The ...
SeafoodSource

Conservation group sues over Alaska pollock trawling claiming practice harms fur seal population

An April 2025 research publication – which itself was funded by NOAA through its Climate and Fisheries Adaptation (CAFA) ...
Anchorage Daily NewsOpinion

Opinion: Alaska can’t afford reckless calls to end trawling

Political rhetoric is colliding with reality in the Bering Sea, where one of the world’s most regulated fisheries is being ...
Yahoo

With Western Alaska salmon runs weak, managers set limits on the pollock fleet’s chum bycatch

Alaska pollock, shown here from a harvest, make up the nation’s top-volume single-species commercial seafood catch. Alaska pollock, harvested mostly in the Bering Sea but also in the Gulf of Alaska, ...
Opinion
Fairbanks Daily News-MinerOpinion

Alaska can’t afford reckless calls to end trawling

I’ve spent 45 years working in the Bering Sea and 30 years as a pollock trawl captain. I’ve seen plenty of wild times during my decades working at sea, but ...