The Bering Sea is seen from space on May 15, 2002, in this satellite image captured by NASA's SeaWiFS Project. Varying shades of green indicate the presence of plankton blooms. Bottom trawling is ...
Three tribal governments and an environmental organization on Thursday served notice to federal agencies that they are planning a lawsuit to block a fishing experiment along the seafloor in the ...
Trawlers are seen in Unalaska on Sept. 24, 2013. (Photo by James Brooks) As an Alaska Native, born and raised in Homer, one of the co-authors, Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, has been a lifelong ...
While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry. This article was originally published in ...
A coalition of salmon advocacy groups in Western Alaska are asking the US government to impose tighter restrictions for bottom trawling in the region. Public radio station KYUK, in Bethel, Alaska, ...
A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations—and who gets access to them. By Max Graham/Grist Published Dec 25, 2023 11:00 AM EST This story was originally ...
A controversial bottom-trawling experiment that a federal agency has designed for the Northern Bering Sea will not be conducted this year, a decision that was welcomed by tribal and environmental ...
When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people in the region faced disaster. Rural families lost a critical food source. Commercial fisherfolk found themselves without a ...