Scientists explored the effectiveness of shore-based observers in place of at-sea observers in a high-volume trawl fishery. They also developed a structured approach to evaluate shoreside monitoring ...

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.

A recent study by NOAA Fisheries found that shore-based observers can effectively strengthen catch accounting in Alaska’s ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - There are few fish that can challenge the mighty salmon’s necessity to Alaska, but if one fish could, it might be the Alaska pollock. Alaska’s pollock fishery is in U.S.

First, we are not overfishing Alaska pollock. Far from it. Alaska pollock stocks are healthy, abundant and thriving. Federal assessments show that the species isn’t overfished, and overfishing isn’t ...

Pollock are transferred from a fishing boat into a processing plant in Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Islands, in January 2019. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy up to $50 million worth of ...

Introduction : white gold fever -- A historical background : from an inexhaustible ocean to the three-mile limit -- Fishing the high seas : Japan and the Soviet Union develop the Alaska pollock ...