The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted fisheries, low prices, climate change and foreign competition that could get a ...

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That's according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024. Seafood harvesting jobs — which ...

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...

Salmon fishing boats operate outside of the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka. Many coastal Alaskans say that a half-century of the state's limited-entry system for commercial fishing has resulted in an ...

Marine mammals that almost went extinct are now competing with commercial trawlers for food. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 10, 2024 5:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

season comes to an end here in Hawaii. We – and they – assume that krill will be plentiful when they arrive at their feeding grounds. But what exactly is “krill” and how sustainable of a food source ...

Antarctic krill fishing could threaten the recovery of whale species that were nearly wiped out by industrial whaling, according to a study led by CU Boulder and Stanford University, and published ...