A measure years in the making will establish a cap for Alaska-bound chum salmon accidentally intercepted in trawl nets, addressing a hot-button issue that has divided the state’s fish harvesters.

Deckhand Martin Vasquez walks through a pile of fish as they transfer from the net to holds underneath the deck of the Northern Hawk factory trawler on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 in the Bering Sea. (Loren ...

US pollock producers are reporting a successful A season in the Bering Sea in 2025, with 584,008t -- nearly half of the annual quota -- landed by early May, according to National Fisheries Management ...

Jody Mason’s recent op-ed (“Coverage of trawling’s role in Alaska halibut decline was a public service”) presents a statistic about halibut and salmon bycatch that, without context, leads readers to ...

A measure years in the making will establish a cap for Alaska-bound chum salmon accidentally intercepted in trawl nets, ...