“It’s not an easy fix.” As for Alaska’s fishing industry, Wielechowski said that other issues need to be addressed, such as trawler bycatch in international waters and suffering salmon stocks.

The Tanana Chiefs Conference and the Association of Village Council Presidents had sued the federal government.

Fisheries observers in Alaska face workplace harassment ... Observers work alongside fishing crews to document scientific fisheries data essential to fisheries management, nontargeted species ...

A view of the deck of a docked factory trawler, taken from above. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages federal fisheries off Alaska ... say commercial fishing is being ...