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 ...
‘Pollock provides’ Water and wetlands of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, as seen from above near Quinhagak in summer. (Marc Lester / ADN) Most of Coastal Villages’ earnings come from trawling for pollock ...
Alaska’s pollock fishery is in U.S. water in the eastern Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska primarily. Now, a new pair of ...
Pollock at a processing plant in Dutch Harbor. (Photo by Berett Wilber) The total amount of pollock allowed to be scooped up by trawlers in the Bering Sea will stay the same in 2024. In its Dec. 9 ...
Fishermen braved the coldest temperatures of the fall so far, but the catch seemed worth the wind-burnt cheeks for standing at the rail. While most the fleet was inshore on the striped bass, the Big ...