Ever caught an arrowtooth flounder when you were hoping for halibut? Ever had to face the prospect of tossing back your long-awaited catch or cutting your losses and using the flounder for bait?

The International Pacific Halibut Commission is considering a cut of 870,000 pounds to Southeast Alaska’s 2017 halibut quota. The IPHC, the joint Canadian-American body that sets annual halibut ...

According to a Monday press release from the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration's Office of Law Enforcement, the owners of a Juneau restaurant were caught illegally buying ...

Federal rules taking effect in February are expected to keep a third of the halibut sport charters working out of Homer, Seward and Valdez stuck in harbor this year. To curtail a charter fleet it ...

Served up fish-and-chips style, overflowing in tacos, or grilled with light seasoning, sautéed or fried—Wild Alaska halibut should be on your mind the moment your ship docks in Juneau. The fish is ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In an ongoing dispute between commercial fishermen and the growing halibut charter business, a federal agency has issued new regulations keeping the current bag limit for guided ...

Uptick means commercial fishermen in southeast and south-central Alaska will see slight quota increases JUNEAU, Alaska: Fishermen in Alaska will have access to slightly more halibut this year than ...

The Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame recently inducted its first indigenous tool. Few people still use the hand-carved halibut hook, once popular with Southeast tribes. But there’s a push to make sure ...