Alaska pollock, shown here from a harvest, make up the nation’s top-volume single-species commercial seafood catch. Alaska pollock, harvested mostly in the Bering Sea but also in the Gulf of Alaska, ...

First, we are not overfishing Alaska pollock. Far from it. Alaska pollock stocks are healthy, abundant and thriving. Federal assessments show that the species isn’t overfished, and overfishing isn’t ...

Veteran public relations professional Heather Handyside said Alaskans have historically viewed pollock less favorably than Pacific salmon and halibut, and much work has been done to address that.

Federal fishery managers have approved the first-ever mandatory caps on at-sea interception of chum salmon, a fish species critical to Indigenous communities along Alaska’s river systems. The North ...