To reduce their unintended take of halibut, vessels in the bottom trawl fleet have an escape hatch in their nets that allows ...

An investigation appears to center on whether seafood companies violated federal rules by processing accidentally caught ...

Fishermen in Alaska and elsewhere are trying to bring more attention to the impacts that trawlers are having on our marine resources.

Over the past decade, it's become more difficult for commercial halibut fishermen off Alaska's coasts to catch enough to meet their quotas, as the flat whitefish have become less abundant and smaller.

The bottom trawl fleet kills millions of pounds of Pacific halibut annually as it catches fish processed for markets. This ...

The netting is being used to try to keep orcas from being killed as they try to eat fish collected by the bottom-trawl gear.

NOAA Fisheries scientists say new research into salmon bycatch in the eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery is shedding light on how environmental conditions may be driving encounters between trawlers an ...

Undercurrent News reporter Jacob Resneck calls in to report on the latest ‘All Hands on Deck’ Alaska Seafood Marketing ...

Is a it a warship or a superyacht? Skat, owned by one of Norway's richest man, is painted warship grey and from a distance ...

Is a it a warship or a super-yacht? Skat, owned by one of Norway´s richest man, is painted warship grey and from a distance could be mistaken for a military vessel but inside she is very much a super ...

Never bet against tech Part 3 of a 4-part series Now semi-retired Alaska economist Gunnar Knapp, the nation’s foremost authority on the economics of the Alaska fishing business, offered a ...

A new laser base in Greenland will download data from satellites, as NATO seeks to protect communications from Russia and ...