Over the past decade, it's become more difficult for commercial halibut fishermen off Alaska's coasts to catch enough to meet ...

World Fisheries Day is November 21st! Learn more about what fisheries do and how we can make the fishing industry more ...

Fishermen in Alaska and elsewhere are trying to bring more attention to the impacts that trawlers are having on our marine resources.

Supermodel Kathy Ireland trades runway for fishing boat, earning commercial license to work husband's vessel while maintaining her billion-dollar business empire.

To reduce their unintended take of halibut, vessels in the bottom trawl fleet have an escape hatch in their nets that allows ...

The bottom trawl fleet kills millions of pounds of Pacific halibut annually as it catches fish processed for markets. This ...

An investigation appears to center on whether seafood companies violated federal rules by processing accidentally caught ...

Commercial fishing boats in Unalaska's Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor, Dec. 21, 2023. Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That’s according to new economic data from the ...

A commercial fishing boat crew pulls up a net full of menhaden off the Louisiana coast. (Photo courtesy of Louisiana Sea Grant) The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has taken early steps to ...

In March 2016, a fishing trawler capsized and bobbed helplessly in the churning South Atlantic after Argentine coastguard cutters opened fire. The vessel had refused to stop despite radio warnings, ...

The recreational Dungeness crab season will open beginning Nov. 1, 2025, except in northern California where it has been delayed due to a public health hazard. State health agencies determined that ...