FAIRBANKS — Alaska’s Board of Fisheries voted 5-2 Saturday to not approve a new type of commercial chum salmon fishing gear in the lower Yukon River. In one of the board’s most contested decisions of ...
Traditional fishermen have demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the alleged illegal fishing practices using purse seine nets and LED lights, claiming these methods are destroying ...
Purse seining, a method where a floating net is drawn together like a closing purse to catch fish, was detected in 17 percent of the ocean. Global Fishing Watch This map shows total fishing activity ...