Black cod fishermen in the Bering Sea have reported an increase in orcas taking their catch off their fishing lines in recent years. Orca depredation isn't just a costly headache for fishermen — it ...

What was once the bread and butter for many Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fishermen now rests like a distant memory among Alaska’s commercial fishing industry. The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery ...

POCATELLO — The Idaho Museum of Natural History on Idaho State University’s Pocatello campus is hosting a photo-ethnography of the history and culture of Pacific cod fishing in the Shumagin Islands of ...

Fishermen in the Bering Sea black cod fishery, off the US state of Alaska, say an increase in orcas picking off their catch is getting so bad, some are foregoing the season altogether. That's ...

The fall harvest season for Alaska Cod opened last week in Alaska’s Bering Sea, with a harvest limit of over 36,000 metric tons (over 79 million pounds). The Gulf of Alaska harvest season opens on ...

A Ketchikan fisherman has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing an endangered sperm whale in a first-of-its-kind case that highlights a long, little known conflict between the giant toothed ...

Nov. 5—The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted fisheries, low prices, climate change and foreign competition that could ...