Alaska’s orcas battle fishermen for their catch

Killer whales near Metlakatla
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 fishermen, sometimes stalking them for days at a time before stealing the catch off their lines, a problem that has worsened in recent years.
According to marine ecologist Robert Pitman of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, killer whales can recognize the sounds of the fishing boats, especially the hydraulic noise made by