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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Audience listens to testimony Feb. 9, 2026, at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Anchorage. (photo by Yereth ...

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 ...

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 ...

Veteran public relations professional Heather Handyside said Alaskans have historically viewed pollock less favorably than Pacific salmon and halibut, and much work has been done to address that.