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

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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 ...

Icelandic tech company Hefring Marine announced a new partnership with the Northern Ireland Fishermen’s Federation (NIFF), which was formed in early 2025, to pilot solutions that support the fishing ...

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