New technology is expanding uses for electric reels. Combine electric reels with jigging techniques to efficiently target ...

As commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, I often hear concerns about the impacts of trawl gear used in ...

Instead, these particular trawlers are defined as midwater, or “pelagic ... no portion of the gear touches the ocean floor.

While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry.

With a sizzle of grease, a McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish slides across the sticky drive-through counter in Homer, Alaska. Before ...

With warmer weather on the rise, rivers, creeks and lakes have produced some cracker fishing around the region.

Federal investigators said Maine fishing gear is to blame for the death of an endangered right whale. Maine lobstermen said ...

Federal authorities say a rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine ...

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Former environment minister Barbara Creecy has been accused by two bird conservation groups of bowing to the pelagic fishing industry and taking its side in a dispute over the closure of fishing areas ...

Norwegian food research institute believes some species also have potential in salmon feeds Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Nofima, in collaboration ...