The Gulf of Alaska is one of the most productive fishing grounds on Earth. It is also, right now, one of the least understood. As salmon populations crater and snow crab stocks struggle to recover ...

SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — In the cold, choppy waters of Alaska's Resurrection Bay, all eyes were on the gray water, looking for one thing only. It wasn't a spout from humpback whales that power through ...

Coastal communities in Alaska are already contending with salmon crashes, shrinking snow crab stocks, and powerful storms, and the state's fishing industry now has a new source of uncertainty. That ...

New research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows that the fluctuations of major wind and ocean circulation systems can temporarily accelerate or reverse the rate of ocean acidification in the ...

A fisherman who had reportedly lost consciousness and was suffering from chest pain was medevaced by a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter crew 30 miles west of Crescent City, California, Tuesday. An ...

American Queen Voyages (AQV) celebrated the debut of its first new expedition ship, the 186-passenger Ocean Victory, which departed Saturday on its inaugural cruise from Vancouver, BC. “Alaska is a ...

Oceanographers Andrew McDonnell, left, and Claudine Hauri, middle, along with engineer Joran Kemme after an underwater glider was pulled aboard the University of Alaska Fairbanks research vessel Nanuq ...

New research shows that the fluctuations of major wind and ocean circulation systems can temporarily accelerate or reverse the rate of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Alaska. New research at the ...