ABOARD THE ORACLE, North Pacific — Skipper Robert Hanson seeks halibut on a stretch of graveled sea bottom ripped by the ...

Halibut fishing is struggling. The flat fish, once a mainstay for Alaska fishers — and for American families — can now cost ...

The commission has been forced, due to budgetary constraints, to sharply reduce the scope of ocean surveys that help assess ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE — What might be the largest Pacific halibut ever documented was pulled from the Bering Sea off St. Paul Island on Sept. 5 by the crew of the fishing boat Miss Mary. The 8-foot, 2-inch ...