Federal fishery managers took steps on Tuesday to impose new rules to prevent Alaska chum salmon from being scooped into nets ...

The issue pits a multibillion-dollar industry against Western Alaska subsistence communities struggling with record-low ...

The incidental capture of non-target species (bycatch) in tuna fisheries impacts some marine vertebrates, particularly species with vulnerable life histories such as manta and devil rays (mobulids).

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 ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which sets management policies for Alaska’s federal fisheries, began meeting Monday to discuss potential new rules to limit chum salmon bycatch in ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets this week to consider limits on the number of chum salmon bycatch caught by trawling vessels, such as American Seafoods’ American Triumph, pictured ...

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 ...

Here we document the various contemporary uses of small cetaceans, including targeted capture for subsequent use as fishing bait. We designed a survey addressing fishery characteristics, bycatch and ...

The DNR will hold a Feb. 13 hearing on a proposal to establish a commercial fishery for lake trout on Lake Michigan.