6/29/2017
The battle between killer whales and longline fishermen has been going on for decades in the Bering Sea. Pods of whales will follow boats and pick ...
6/26/2017
In Alaska's Bering Sea, pods of crafty Orcas have figured out an easy way to get fed. Instead of seeking out the fish themselves, the crafty whales ...
Killer whales have turned the tables on fishermen working in the dangerous waters of the Bering Sea off Alaska. Now the orcas are preying on the ...
6/22/2017
The footballer and sage Eric Cantona famously observed that “when the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into ...
Now, fishing rigs have a new challenge to contend with: killer whales. As Suzanna Caldwell reports for the Alaska Dispatch News, pods of orcas are ...
6/21/2017
A pod of orca whales chased a fisherman on their boat in Anchorage, Alaska, in April 2016. Longtime fisherman and FV Oracle Captain Robert ...
A pod of orca whales chased a fisherman on their boat in Anchorage, Alaska, in April 2016.Longtime fisherman and FV Oracle Captain Robert Hanson ...
An orca (killer whale) is seen swimming off the coast of Wrangell Island in Southeast Alaska. LightRocket via Getty Images ...
Killer whales have reportedly been zeroing in on boats from the Gulf of Alaska to Aleutian Island to the Bering Sea — sometimes trailing them for days ...
For decades in the Bering Sea off Alaska, fishermen have been contending with killer whales who stalk their boats and steal their catch. This behavior ...
Pods of killer whales are reportedly stalking Alaskan fishermen and driving them out of fishing areas while robbing them of their catch. The National ...
Just how smart are killer whales? Well, new studies are discovering that instead of going out and hunting for food, they figured out they can target ...
Mr Clampitt said his crew tried to use sound machines to deter the whales, but before long the orcas got used to noise. "It became a dinner bell," Mr ...
6/20/2017
A killer whale leaps from the ocean. Alaskan fishermen are blaming pods of killer whales for increasing their fishing costs. File Photo by ...
The giant whales will then wait, sometimes the entire day, for the fishermen to accumulate their catch before chasing after the boats and eating through ...
Fishermen in the Bering Sea can harvest 20,000 to 30,000 pounds of halibut in a single day. But in recent years, pods of killer whales have gone from ...
Alaskan fishermen say they're increasingly missing out on scores of fish they rely on to make a living because killer whales are making off with their ...
Pods of killer whales are stalking the boats of Alaska fishermen and stealing their halibut catches, leaving the men with no fish and thousands of ...
6/19/2017
While killer whale theft can be a problem for fishers all around the world, Alaskan sources told the Anchorage Daily News that only recently has it ...
6/18/2017
The predators are pods of killer whales chasing down the halibut and black cod caught by longline fishermen. Fishermen say the whales are ...