IT SEEMS like a no-brainer, but fishery regulators are scratching their heads and calling in the consultants. Question: In light of unprecedented angling pressure, how will the bay halibut fishery ...

The halibut fishery of the North Pacific -- long touted as a model for wise fisheries management and the goodness of privatizing commercial fisheries -- is now in such dire straits regulators were ...

Pacific halibut are one of Alaska’s most valuable fish, but we know surprisingly little about what happens to the species during an important time in their life – their spawning period. Amanda Compton ...

Alaska's biggest big-fish fishing derby has started the move away from big fish. Officials of the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby announced Thursday they plan to reduce the prize for the largest flatfish ...

The perfect brew of a spawning season, a piece of fisheries legislation passed by voters nearly 19 years ago and a wiley old sportfishing captain have produced epic fishing for halibut off Imperial ...

Every fishing season shapes up differently, and this year is no exception. Here it is mid-July and the water temperature is still cool, while winds remain gusty nearly every day. Life must go on ...

Long-line caught halibut await unloading in Petersburg. (Angela Denning/KFSK) The council that manages fishing in federal waters voted last week to link groundfish trawl fishing in the Bering Sea and ...