The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted 6-3 on Sunday afternoon in Sitka to cut by 25 percent the amount…
The summer season is upon us and for many Alaskans this means fishing for one of the state’s most prized…
This year’s halibut sport fishery has begun with both tradition and change. The tradition is the successful Homer Jackpot Halibut…
A small but formative fraction of my life has been spent gazing out salt-sprayed windows at rugged terrain and open ocean. …
Ten days into the 2015 halibut season, prices are beginning to fall slightly, but production is nearly nonexistent, at least…
The International Pacific Halibut Commission boosted halibut quotas across most of the state at their annual meeting last week, reversing…
Halibut has been an important part of my 35 years of Alaska experience. From longlining to charter fishing, and finally…
I first began commercial fishing for halibut along the Aleutian Chain and Bering Sea in 2002. The Aleutian Islands are…
It began as a mid-winter event for men to swap hunting and fishing stories. Six years later — or maybe…
Bering Sea halibut fishermen narrowly missed getting a reduction of trawl bycatch at the latest North Pacific Fishery Management Council…
Why is more of the halibut resource wasted in the Bering Sea than landed and sold? Thirteen out of fourteen…
There may finally be good news on the horizon for halibut fishermen, according to International Pacific Halibut Commission researcher Ian…
The 2014 halibut season wrapped up last week with dock prices in Homer running about $6.60 per pound, well…
