Building crab boats fit for the Bering Sea is no easy task, as they have to withstand the harsh weather conditions of Alaska. “We have stability reports onboard and we try to follow them to the letter ...

Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas hauled up by groundfish trawlers in Alaska’s Bering Sea since May. Conservationists say more needs to be done to prevent such deaths. They ...

A proposed marine sanctuary in the Pribilof Islands has drawn major pushback from the commercial fishing industry, ever since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accepted the ...

Orcas spotted in the Bering Sea in August 2023. (Courtesy Of Dustin Unignax̂ Newman) Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas that were hauled up by groundfish trawlers in Bering ...

Second of two parts. This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center. QUINHAGAK — Michael Cleveland’s job is resuscitating the equipment essential to village life. On a morning in late ...

As a captain-in-training, life for Sophie "Bob" Nielsen has been far from smooth sailing. The 23-year-old, a third-generation "fisher," has inherited her family’s 74-foot wooden hull vessel, the F/V ...

ANACORTES, Wash. (AP) – Few professions are as deadly as commercial fishing on the Bering Sea. Crews face rogue waves and frigid gales that toss around heavy machines and cause vessels to pitch, yaw ...

A South Korean fishing vessel with 60 people aboard sank Monday off Russia's far east coast, leaving one crew member confirmed dead and 52 missing, Seoul officials said. Seven people were saved after ...

What was once the bread and butter for many Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fishermen now rests like a distant memory among Alaska’s commercial fishing industry. The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery ...