A heavy fishing net emerged from rolling Bering Sea swells, packed so densely with Alaska pollock that their heads wedged through the mesh. When the haul tumbled onto the vessel deck, it contained ...

Introduction : white gold fever -- A historical background : from an inexhaustible ocean to the three-mile limit -- Fishing the high seas : Japan and the Soviet Union develop the Alaska pollock ...

New study sheds light on myriad factors that likely contributed to low survival rate of fish born during a Blob year in the Gulf of Alaska. In 2015, NOAA Fisheries scientists saw the lowest number of ...

The net rose from the heaving Bering Sea swells, packed so tightly with Alaska pollock that their heads squeezed through the webbing.

This is the time of year when we're really into the catching of the larger-sized pollock, not the baitfish-sized fish that are great bait for catching large stripers. Nope, we're fishing on purpose ...

Scientists use innovative technology to track northwest migrations in the late spring and early summer and southeast migrations in the winter. Migrations appear to be driven by water temperature.

SEATTLE — Skipper Kevin Ganley spent most of the summer and fall pulling a massive trawl net through the Bering Sea in a long slow search for pollock, a staple of McDonald’s fish sandwiches. The fish ...