US law requires fishing vessels to be built in US shipyards, resulting in an aging fleet that is less safe, efficient, and ...

In Area M, commercial vessels targeting sockeye and pink salmon are allowed to retain and sell incidentally caught chum ...

In partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times, Northern Journal has chronicled the long, steep decline ...

Council appointments and bycatch policy tilt the system toward industrial fleets at the expense of food security and culture.

Salmon bycatch has been a flashpoint for years. And the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which oversees federal ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is set to decide next month on how to reduce chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.

The total benthic animal biomass of the eastern Bering Sea in 2025 was estimated at 13.8 million metric tons — an 8.6% decrease from the year before ...