The Bering Sea snow crab fishery reopened in mid-October, after billions of the crab disappeared and the fishery was shut ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) is in a quandary. The difficult situation is the incidental bycatch of chum salmon in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. Their state of perplexity is ...

As many of you know, some species of marine mammals and birds have been declining in the Bering Sea and some people believe that too much fishing is the cause of the declines. That is the topic of ...

From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Feb. 7, 2025 ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) and crew ...

We need to craft our approach to specifically addressing minimizing Western Alaska chum salmon, taking into account those times and areas of when they occur’ — Trent Hartill, American Seafoods ...

Average seas in the Bering Sea have around 10- to 20-foot waves ... and it usually takes one to two days to get to and from the fishing area. Before heading up to Alaska, the ship loads up ...

This season, the Bering Sea snow crab fishery opened for the first time in two years ... Bracing for the possibility of no more fishing in the future means diversifying the economy. The Pribilof ...

USCG Cutter Bertholf returns after a 130-day mission in the Bering Sea, focusing on defense, diplomacy, and law enforcement.

Bottom trawling is currently prohibited in the area. According to the Service, the study is intended to provide data that “will inform possible future management” of fisheries in the area, meaning it ...

In common with most of the rich fishing grounds of the world, the weather in the Bering Sea is often inclement. Calm, peaceful, warm seas are not very productive from the harvesting point of view.

Alaska's snow crab fishing industry came to a standstill ... from a value of $227 million to nothing. A heatwave in the Bering Sea's waters may have sped up the crabs' metabolisms, and with ...

The wreckage of a small commercial passenger plane that went missing in freezing, windy conditions over the Bering Sea was ...