Federal fisheries managers have instituted new regulations for charter halibut fishing in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska this year. Anglers charter fishing in these regions must have a charter ...

Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

Halibut Olympia, a Tuesday-night kind of recipe, was part of the planning (if not the eating) at the Friday meeting. By Julia O’Malley Reporting from Anchorage In the end, the high-stakes summit ...

Two boys from Craig, Alaska, gained notoriety this week after catching a 100-pound halibut on their own aboard a 14-foot skiff. The accompanying footage shows the beaching of the halibut and one boy ...

A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted five commercial fishermen accused of orchestrating a long-running illegal halibut harvest scheme in Southeast Alaska. The case centers around the fishing ...

A freediver who braved Alaska’s frigid waters in search of a spearfishing challenge has set a world record for Pacific halibut. “I love a good challenge and Alaska was definitely the right playing ...

A Southeast Alaskan fisherman has been sentenced in an illegal halibut fishing conspiracy. Vincent Jacobson, 52, was sentenced on May 6 to five years’ probation, a $15,000 fine and a world-wide ...

The tiny fishing fleet from St. Paul is losing the fight for halibut, up against factory ships that throw away more of the valuable fish than the Indigenous fishers are allowed to catch. Halibut are ...