Halibut harvests have been on the decline in the Bering Sea for several years. But the amount that trawlers and catcher-processors are allowed to take incidentally has stayed the same.
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The continued mystery of the Denali Gap
North America’s highest mountain should be a volcano.
String of earthquakes shakes up Pribilof Island
More than a dozen earthquakes have been recorded in between St. Paul and St. George since Friday afternoon.
Western Aleutian Steller Sea Lions potentially falling prey to sleeper sharks
Nobody has put much money into studying sharks. The latest data from a study that implanted high-tech tags in the animals suggests that maybe they should.
Shishaldin Volcano’s eruption hits one-year mark
Wednesday marks one year since Shishaldin Volcano woke up on the Alaska Peninsula in January 2014, and didn’t go back to sleep.
Aleutian marine sanctuary proposal stalls out
The federal government has turned down a request to create a vast marine reserve around the Aleutian Islands.