ABOARD THE ORACLE, North Pacific — Skipper Robert Hanson seeks halibut on a stretch of graveled sea bottom ripped by the ...
The netting is designed to act as a barrier to orcas while still allowing fish to pass over, under or through the broad gaps ...
Halibut fishing is struggling. The flat fish, once a mainstay for Alaska fishers — and for American families — can now cost ...
A lawsuit filed by a conservation group in US District Court for the District of Alaska argues that fisheries managers haven't done enough to protect coral gardens on the Gulf of Alaska seafloor from ...
UNALASKA, Alaska — The orca pod that forages in the waters just north of this Aleutian island are quick to swarm any halibut ...
While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry. This article was originally published in ...
The Bering Sea is seen from space on May 15, 2002, in this satellite image captured by NASA's SeaWiFS Project. Varying shades of green indicate the presence of plankton blooms. Bottom trawling is ...
Editor's note: USA TODAY, with support from the Pulitzer Center, traveled to Alaska, Southern California, Florida and Maine to document climate change's effects on oceans and the people who fish in ...
The 130-foot crabber Karie Marie, out of Seattle, Wash., was also tied up dockside at Hansen’s after finishing the Bering Sea ...