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 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 ...

Two boys from Craig, Alaska, gained notoriety this week after catching a 100-pound halibut on their own aboard a 14-foot ...

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 ...

A woman from Fairbanks, Alaska, has taken the lead in the annual Valdez Halibut Derby with a catch last Friday that tipped the scale at 144.2 pounds. Melissa Hurd told Alaska’s News Source that the ...

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 See more of our coverage in your search ...

My mum always told me there are many fish in the sea. What she didn’t mention was that some are significantly better than others. Of course, it didn’t take me long to figure out it’s usually what’s ...