Bering Sea fishing crews on edge about coming pollock opening after a tough 2020 of small fish and COVID-19. By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, The Seattle Times. Published: January 4, 2021.

Billions of snow crab disappeared from the Bering Sea in the past few years — a crash that’s devastated Alaska’s crab fishing fleet and a harvest that just two years ago was worth $130 million.

The closure of the Bering Sea snow crab fishery in 2022 crippled one of the US state’s busiest commercial fishing hubs ...

As Bering Sea ice melts, Alaskans, scientists and Seattle’s fishing fleet witness changes ‘on a massive scale’ Sep. 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Updated Sep. 21, 2019 at 12:07 pm By ...

The Bering Sea fishing grounds are usually covered in sea ice in the winter. But there wasn’t much ice, and they fished further north than usual. Finding snow crabs was still difficult.

The Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled after billions of crabs disappeared, devastating Alaska’s fishing industry and the livelihoods of those who depend on it. From Alaska Public Media ...

Bad weather is the main hazard for Bering Sea fishing vessels at this time of year, said Lt. Brenden Kelley, operations officer and navigator on the Kodiak-based Monroe, a sister vessel to the ...

Being a crab fishermen on Alaska's Bering Sea is a very dangerous job with back-breaking labor and 20-hour work days. In 2002, photographer Corey Arnold decided to give it a try. He ended up doing ...

JUNEAU, Alaska – A South Korean vessel is on pace to arrive Friday in the west Bering Sea, where a fishing ship sank, killing at least 27 people. The commander of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska ...

Speaking to the news outlet, Bering Sea longliner Jay Hebert said that on a normal day, fishermen can collect between 20,000 and 30,000 pounds of halibut, but if a pod of killer whales sees their ...

ANCHORAGE — The crew of the Bristol Leader was laying out its long cod-catching line well within U.S. fishing territory in the Bering Sea when a voice crackled over the VHF radio and began ...

As Bering Sea ice melts, Alaskans, scientists and fishing fleet witness changes ‘on a massive scale’ Researchers now are uncertain when and to what extent the ice may return, and have ...