US law requires fishing vessels to be built in US shipyards, resulting in an aging fleet that is less safe, efficient, and ...

On Thursday, Alaska Sen. Mark Begich and Rep. Don Young introduced a piece of legislation, the Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011, that would give the U.S. Coast Guard the option of sinking ...

This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship and the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around ...

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 a ...

Nick Katelnikoff learned to fish from his father, and he says his first paycheck as a fisherman came when he turned 8 years old. Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper ...

Butch Laiti is president of the Douglas Indian Association, a tribal government in Juneau. The association has purchased a fishing boat and wants to buy a commercial fishing permit for its members to ...