Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population since 2018 triggered the first ever closure of the fishery in ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A small fisheries technology firm armed with computers and hydrophones is trying to locate and silence the dinner bell that attracts pods of killer whales to longline vessels ...

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 mother orca and her very young calf swim near a boat in Norway. A record number of orcas have died this year after snacking on fish hauled up by commercial trawlers in Alaska but then getting ...

Bering Sea snow crab support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population since 2018 has triggered the first-ever closure of the fishery. (Photo provided by National Oceanic and ...

In the Bering Sea, near the edge the continental shelf, fishermen are trying to escape a predator that seems to outwit them at every turn, stripping their fishing lines and lurking behind their ...

The Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled after billions of crabs disappeared, devastating Alaska’s fishing industry and the livelihoods of those who depend on it. From Alaska Public Media and KMXT ...

A deadly incident unfolds in the harsh Bering Sea as 15 people succumb to icy waters during fishing and transport operations. This video piece analyzes how brutal cold, treacherous sea conditions, and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- State regulators have banned commercial fishing in the Bering Sea near the wreckage of a grounded freighter where fuel oil has been seeping since early this month. The order ...

Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population triggered two consecuctive years of closure, starting in 2022.