I grew up in Alaska and have spent much of my life – 43 years – fishing the Bering Sea. I captain the F/V Sovereignty, a 165-foot catcher boat that’s part of the commercial pollock fleet. From the ...

“I was certainly impressed about the sheer numbers. And in terms of economic output, $832 million of economic activity in the ...

Cole Hockema captains the Pacific Storm, a 100-foot trawler based out of Kodiak, which his father owns. Cole Hockema has been fishing since he was a teenager growing up in Oregon. For 12 years now ...

The U.S. government rejected an emergency request from 100 tribes and communities in Western Alaska for a zero-bycatch limit on salmon, which would have effectively halted the nation’s largest Bering ...

This is the time of year when we're really into the catching of the larger-sized pollock, not the baitfish-sized fish that are great bait for catching large stripers. Nope, we're fishing on purpose ...

For a few glory-filled hours, the humble pollock was on top of the world. Or, more accurately, the fish was the frontrunner in an online mock election for favorite Alaska seafood. The state Division ...