A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...

There were hundreds of them, nets stretching almost ... a University of Alaska Fairbanks anthropologist whose scholarship has focused on Native fishing communities on Kodiak Island.

There were hundreds of them, nets stretching almost continuously ... users,” said Courtney Carothers, a University of Alaska Fairbanks anthropologist whose scholarship has focused on Native fishing ...

The proposal could be rejected after President-elect Donald Trump takes office next week. The Biden administration released short-term protections Thursday for roughly 3 million acres on Alaska ...

The documentation of salmon-eating northern pike in Southcentral estuaries, a North American first, shows a new way for the ...

The anchor is heavy. Before the availability of metal tools, Alutiiq people fashioned anchors from large cobbles.  Craftsmen selected a relatively flat, rectangular rock and shaped it by chipping. A ...

The cruise industry was already booming in Alaska, but some locals say its growth is putting a strain on the environment tourists come for.

Ketchikan, Alaska, thrives on the cruise industry ... are particularly vulnerable – and entanglements, including in fishing nets. However, she said the “positive interactions are just numerous ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...