Many Seattle-based boats are factory trawlers that target pollock, cod, rockfish, flounders and other “groundfish” species.

In Sitka's historic harbor, where Russian and Tlingit cultures collide, cruise passengers discover a world of wilderness ...

The best time to visit Alaska is between May and September, when the balmy weather allows for prime hiking and wildlife ...

shrimp fishery stakeholders are proposing a mixed bag of changes to Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulations for subsistence, personal use, non-resident sport and commercial shrimp harvests. The ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of the five fishermen who went missing off the southeast Alaska coast.This comes two days after the search for their bodies and the boat has been called off ...

Before Jake Hannah, 22, left for his commercial fishing trip on Saturday night, he called his mother, who lives in his hometown of Coos Bay. “He said, ‘Hey mom, we’re getting ready to go out, I love ...

POINT COUVERDEN, Alaska -- Five people are missing after a fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden, Alaska, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A 50-foot fishing boat named Wind Walker sent out ...

The fishing vessel Wind Walker fishes near Sitka, Alaska, March 29, 2022, during the Sitka Sound sac roe fishery. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP) The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday ...

The search for five people believed to be aboard a fishing vessel that capsized in rough seas in the Gulf of Alaska has been suspended, the Coast Guard said Monday. The search lasted nearly a day ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The fishing vessel Wind Walker fishes near Sitka, Alaska, March 29, 2022, during the Sitka Sound sac roe ...

The Coast Guard and a group of good Samaritans were searching for five people who went missing after a fishing boat reportedly capsized near Couverden Point, Alaska, the military branch announced ...

The search covered more than 108 square nautical miles, the Coast Guard said. The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its search for five people who went missing after a fishing boat capsized near ...