In partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times, Northern Journal has chronicled the long, steep decline ...

Council appointments and bycatch policy tilt the system toward industrial fleets at the expense of food security and culture.

Roy Scheffer’s hands mapped a different era of the Martha’s Vineyard waterfront. Etched by decades of running thick, tar-treated longline and calloused from the rough skin of swordfish, Roy was at the ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office here has been assessing illegal, unreported, and ...

The Stonington commercial fishing fleet is in mourning after reports that a captain of one of the fleet's vessels was found ...

Aaron Jones of Central Valley Bait and Tackle in Modesto reported an overall decent bass bite with jigs still the top offering along with 6- to 7-inch plastic worms on a shakey head worked slow. He ...

Jones’ passing was the loss of another voice in commercial fishing media that has shrunk along with fleet numbers over the ...

The Great Lakes region has effectively ended the practice of landfilling fish “waste” generated by the commercial fishing ...

A routine docking run in Honolulu Harbor turned into a long-term headache for everyone who relies on Pier 16, after a commercial fishing vessel lost control and struck the bridge that carries Nimitz ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Nine crew members were hoisted to a helicopter off a commercial crab boat amid near gale force winds, strong downward drafts from a nearby cliff and rough seas after the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A fishing guide based in Estelline said more oversight on the fishing guide business is needed. “It’s the wild west out here right now,” said Jarrod Fredericks of South ...