Water temperatures dropped a degree or two in Monterey Bay this week, likely the effect of high winds last week and the heavy marine layer and fog this week. Water temps are still slightly above ...

A beautiful west swell rolled in this week, to the delight of surfers up and down the coast. The swell served to further slow our halibut bite from the 30 to 70-foot depths, though a few flatties were ...

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WDFW provides halibut quota for coast, Sound. State Department of Fish and Wildlife halibut managers recently released catch estimates for the first five weeks of the halibut seas ...

The case, which dates back to 2022, was prosecuted out of the Juneau office ...

THE Bering Sea is a tough, unforgiving environment. As Alaska Native peoples we have survived and flourished for thousands of years by sustainably harvesting this sea’s bounty, including the noble ...

Seattle — In 1911, Tordenskjold, a 75-foot schooner hewed from old-growth fir, left the Ballard, Wash., docks for its first season of halibut fishing off Alaska. Back then, sails supplemented the ...

A Yakutat commercial fisherman was sentenced Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to illegally harvest halibut.

If you've ever encountered halibut, it was probably as a tasty — and pricey — entree. But in Alaska, it's the subject of a fierce fish battle. On one side are small family-owned fishing boats. On the ...