Halibut fishing is struggling. The flat fish, once a mainstay for Alaska fishers — and for American families — can now cost more than $30 a pound at the supermarket.

Over the past decade, it's become more difficult for commercial halibut fishermen off Alaska's coasts to catch enough to meet their quotas, as the flat whitefish have become less abundant and smaller.

ABOARD THE ORACLE, North Pacific — Skipper Robert Hanson seeks halibut on a stretch of graveled sea bottom ripped by the powerful tides of the Aleutian Islands. There, he drops a mile of line carrying ...

With a deadline fast approaching on a federal plan to reduce the number of fish allocated to Alaska halibut charter businesses and hand them over to commercial fishermen, a handful of state ...

Chris Paparo knew the fish on the end of his line was big. But looking down through the crystal-clear depths, he spied a flash of brown that revealed the unmistakable silhouette of the fish of a ...

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 ...

UNALASKA, Alaska — The orca pod that forages in the waters just north of this Aleutian island are quick to swarm any halibut boat with a skipper foolish enough to drop lines in their domain.

We have the whole Thundermist gang out fishing for halibut here in Peterborough Alaska. We're running the 120lb T-Turn Bait ...

Fishermen in Alaska and elsewhere are trying to bring more attention to the impacts that trawlers are having on our marine resources.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Colorado man fishing in the waters of southcentral Alaska has hauled in a 337-pound halibut — easily the biggest catch in the region this season. The Anchorage Daily News reports ...

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Discover Alaska’s fish-and-chips cabins along the coast, where some of the stops come with stunning glacier views you’ll ...