I grew up in Alaska and have spent much of my life – 43 years – fishing the Bering Sea. I captain the F/V Sovereignty, a 165-foot catcher boat that’s part of the commercial pollock fleet. From the ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Skipper Kevin Ganley spent most of the summer and fall pulling a massive trawl net through the Bering Sea in a long slow search for pollock, a staple of McDonald’s fish sandwiches. The fish ...