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 ...
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Alaska trawler bill garners industry reaction, most Alaskans support banning them: poll
In line with this overwhelming support, U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, introduced legislation last week that spurred reactions from leaders of industrial trawler fleets that ...
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Federal judge dismisses Alaska trawlers’ lawsuit that sought to overturn halibut limits
(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in federal waters off Alaska.
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'We should be at the table' say Alaskan indigenous tribes impacted by commercial fisheries
The pollock trawlers remove approximately 3.2 billion pounds of biomass from the ocean annually on a ten-year average. Alaskan trawlers incidentally catch, or bycatch, 141 million pounds of salmon ...
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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 ...
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Opinion: Alaska trawl fisheries are vital and under attack by those using myths
Fish are transferred from a trawl net to holds underneath the deck of the Northern Hawk factory trawler on Sunday ... to destroy a large segment of the Alaska seafood industry.
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Environmentalist group sues to gain information about Alaska trawler toll on marine mammals
The federal government has failed to give adequate information on deaths of killer whales and other marine mammals that become entangled in commercial trawling gear in Alaska waters, claims a ...