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

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 ...

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.

Introduction : white gold fever -- A historical background : from an inexhaustible ocean to the three-mile limit -- Fishing the high seas : Japan and the Soviet Union develop the Alaska pollock ...

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 ...

We are Alaska pollock fishermen. We make our living on the water harvesting wild Alaska pollock, the country’s largest source of wild-caught seafood, under some of the toughest conditions and ...