A decision by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to recertify the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska ...

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Groundfish Forum – a trade group representing trawl catcher-processors in Alaska ...

Alaska’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday that aims to reduce bycatch in parts of southwest Alaska ...

Fishing with nets dragged across the seabed is causing serious harm to marine life, according to a report released by the marine conservation organization OceanCare on Wednesday. The practice ...

Those arguments have done little to assuage frustration in Alaska’s salmon industry.

Salmon runs across Western Alaska, particularly in the Yukon and Kuskokwim river systems, have collapsed to levels that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Subsistence harvests have been ...

U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), have introduced the Bycatch Reduction and Research Act. The legislation, which builds on Sen. Sulivan’s ...

Rep. Mary Peltola in her Washington, D.C. office. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola introduced two bills Wednesday that aim to deliver on one of her campaign themes: ...

The Scottish government has initiated a public consultation that could lead to the ban on bottom-trawl fishing across 20 offshore marine protected areas (MPAs). This move aims to protect Scotland's ...

Environmental NGOs Oceana and ClientEarth are filing a lawsuit with Spain's national high court for permitting bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), a practice they claim violates EU ...

Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola introduced two bills Wednesday that aim to deliver on one of her campaign themes: Reducing the number of salmon that the Bering Sea fishing fleet catches by accident. One ...