NFWF's Electronic Monitoring and Reporting (EMR) grant program, beginning in 2015, specifically focuses on integrating ...

The killing and wasting of non-target species netted by trawl fishing, commonly referred to as bycatch, is affecting Alaskans ...

(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in federal waters off Alaska.

Responses to Freedom of Information Act requests about bycatch included blurry photos and blacked-out text that conceal important details, Oceana’s lawsuit says.

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason heard oral arguments on Sept. 26, 2024, in a lawsuit filed by two of Alaska’s largest tribal groups against federal managers of the state’s groundfish ...

At the end of September, pollock trawlers based out of Kodiak, Alaska, accidentally caught around 12,000 Chinook salmon — almost the same amount that made it back to Canada last year.

Lois Parshley October 2, 2024 Alaskan pollock is one of the world’s most valuable fisheries, but advocates warn the trawlers catching it are destroying the Bering Sea’s food web. (Photo by ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in federal waters off Alaska.