Bycatch rates are relatively low, but because trawlers catch so much of their target species, the unintended harvest adds up.
Subsistence
Haines gillnetting season bounces back with late surge of sockeye
Haines commercial fishermen saw a much better salmon season this year than last.
Tribal and environmental advocates celebrate the first water flow down the Eklutna River in decades
For more than 60 years, the Eklutna River north of Anchorage had been dammed up, stifling the salmon runs that fed generations of Dena’ina people in the area.
Pollock fishery may be cause of decline in Bering Sea fur seals, study says
The number of northern fur seals in the Bering Sea has dropped by around 70% since the 1970s.
As low Chignik salmon runs continue, people worry their communities will disappear
The salmon runs are central to people’s lives in many ways. The economy has developed around the commercial fishery, and fish also provide food for the winter.
Budget bill in Congress could derail ANWR drilling
Democrats in the U.S. House want to use the budget process to reverse the 2017 law requiring oil lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.