Prowler owner John Winther fishes for black cod and turbot in the Bering Sea. "At one point, the Prowler had 10 killer whales eating fish off the longline," Simpson said.

Federal officials are looking into the deaths of nine orcas hauled up by Bering Sea trawlers since May, while conservation groups say more needs to be done to prevent such deaths.

After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is ...

Bering Sea fishermen will be allowed to harvest about 4.7 million pounds of opilio, also known as snow crab, starting Oct. 15.

Greenpeace activists witnessed sharks being hunted by a Spanish fishing ship using longline fishing off the coast of New Zealand. According to The Guardian, Greenpeace Australia Pacific members ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- State regulators have banned commercial fishing in the Bering Sea near the wreckage of a grounded freighter where fuel oil has been seeping since early this month.

Bering Sea red king crab, after past years of volatility, appear to have stabilized at levels that are lower than in the past but that can still support some harvesting, Stichert said.

After an unprecedented two-year closure, there are enough snow crab to support a ‘conservative’ harvest, while the allowable harvest of red king crab has increased a bit.