He’s been fishing herring since ... but getting Alaska herring into those markets remains a challenge, especially for small-boat fishermen like Veerhusen. “The shipping cost is so much to ...

In Alaska, the public’s right to fish and harvest wildlife resources ... She watches a black net blossom from beneath the boat, silver schools of herring dashing from its grasp.

Commercial fishing boats are the cause. We Tlingit have been harvesting herring eggs for thousands of years. In late March or early April, the herring return to the inlets of Southeast Alaska to lay ...

Giant fishing nets are deployed to capture hundreds of tons of herring on a modern fishing boat. These massive nets, designed with cutting-edge technology, allow fishermen to efficiently catch ...

Herring populations outside Juneau, Alaska, crashed in 1982 and have ... There, for decades, fishing boats had gathered tens of thousands of tons of herring to be used for fish oil.