Bycatch is a lightning-rod issue in Alaska. Halibut stocks have declined, and the amount of halibut discarded by the Bering ...

Headed and gutted halibut are displayed on ice and for sale on Oct. 3, 2023, at New Sagaya Midtown Market in Anchorage. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge has dismissed a ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in ...

But I am optimistic that the pieces are in place for solutions, and that salmon and halibut management in Alaska will continue to be challenging, interesting, and ultimately a window on the many ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service developed the regulations after a 2021 recommendation by the North Pacific Fisheries ...

The plan was to meet up with five of my old college buddies and to fly into Larsen Bay, on Alaska's Kodiak Island, and hook ...

Among the most unusual calls planned for the voyage, which will kick off Sept. 16, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia, will ...