From fish traps to factory trawlers — A ‘back to the future’ look at Seattle’s fishing industry
An advertiser-sponsored article in the Seattle Times gushed “Wild Alaska pollock’s fishing fleet is based right here in ...
Alaska Public Media14d
Environmentalist group sues to gain information about Alaska trawler toll on marine mammals
Responses to Freedom of Information Act requests about bycatch included blurry photos and blacked-out text that conceal ...
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Environmentalist group sues to gain information about Alaska trawler toll on marine mammals
Two killer whales are seen breaching in Alaska waters on June 9, 2005. Killer whales, also known as orcas, and other marine mammals have been killed after becoming entangled in trawl gear used in ...
National Fisherman10d
Everett Engineering expands presence in fishing industry
A pair of net drums have being worked on at the Everett Engineering shop in Everett, Washington. Whenever possible, the crew ...
National Fisherman16d
Bycatch debate heats up in Prince William Sound pollock fishery
A long-running debate over bycatch in the pollock fishery has moved closer to urban Alaska with a new set of proposals aimed ...
Public News Service on MSN9d
When bycatch is on the menu
By Leilani Marie Labong for FoodPrint. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the ...
Juneau Empire2d
My Turn: Efforts to protect salmon, environment are to benefit a wide spectrum of interests
Tom Conner’s recent My Turn criticizing SalmonState was a messy mashup of insults and misinformation that read suspiciously like talking points whipped up by a PR firm hired by industry to discredit ...
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Environmentalist group sues to gain information about Alaska trawler toll on marine mammals
An altered photo of a killer whale that died as bycatch in Alaska trawl gear is part of the evidence presented by Oceana in a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service. The lawsuit, filed ...