Sep. 9—A 27-year-old crew member died last week after he was fatally injured while working aboard a commercial fishing vessel in the Aleutian Islands. Alaska State Troopers and the boat owner on ...

Shaun Roche, a commercial fisherman and urchin diver from Santa Barbara, became the victim of a freak accident on a commercial fishing boat in the final hours of the sockeye salmon season in Bristol ...

Dec 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday that it had suspended its search for five people after their commercial fishing boat capsized in Alaska. The Coast Guard received a mayday call ...

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 ...

Dec. 3—The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday suspended the search for survivors from a Sitka-based commercial fishing boat that capsized early Sunday morning with five people aboard. The Coast Guard said the ...

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 ...

Venturing into deep, often treacherous waters. Winching ropes in gale-force winds. Leaning into waves that whip over the bows of their boats. Commercial fishermen face extraordinary on-the-job hazards ...

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 ...