Headed and gutted halibut are displayed on ice and ... The lawsuit has been a major issue in fishing communities across the Gulf of Alaska. Some of those communities joined the federal government ...

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

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn new halibut bycatch limits on deep-sea trawlers that fish in federal waters off Alaska. The lawsuit was filed by Groundfish Forum Inc., ...

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