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.

Federal fisheries managers approved a 45,000 Western Alaska chum salmon limit with a corridor closure for the Bering Sea pollock fishery.

Federal fisheries regulators have set some limits on salmon chum bycatch in the Bering Sea. The highly debated – and long ...

While some Alaska salmon runs remain strong, sharp declines in others are causing a crisis for numerous Western Alaska ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has once again rejected the salmon sector’s demands for hard caps on chum bycatch caught by pollock trawlers in the Bering Sea, though the body did ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - There are few fish that can challenge the mighty salmon’s necessity to Alaska, but if one fish could, it might be the Alaska pollock. Alaska’s pollock fishery is in U.S.

First, we are not overfishing Alaska pollock. Far from it. Alaska pollock stocks are healthy, abundant and thriving. Federal assessments show that the species isn’t overfished, and overfishing isn’t ...

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