If you've ever encountered halibut, it was probably as a tasty — and pricey — entree. But in Alaska, it's the subject of a fierce fish battle. On one side are small family-owned fishing boats ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The government can limit the number of permits for halibut charter boats in the Gulf of Alaska to promote conservation of the prized fish, a federal judge ruled. A trade group, the ...

Summer fishing in Alaska is about so much more than the catch. ... We caught our limit that day of kings, smaller halibut, and black bass, as well as an 18-pound lingcod.

Halibut charter and lodge owners in the Alaska Panhandle have a little career advice for Cook Inlet fishermen: If the 2012 catch is cut to one fish, start looking for a new job.

Starting Jan. 1, the use of live shrimp has been banned for fishing in Idaho waters, including the Clearwater River, where some anglers have used the bait for steelhead. Dead shrimp still can be used.

Halibut fill the fish box of the M/V ProFish-n-Sea. (ADN archive) In 2022, the commercial halibut fishery in the Gulf of Alaska killed and discarded nearly twice as many halibut — nearly one ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) – A woman caught a massive halibut during a fishing tournament in Alaska, but because she didn’t have a ticket to enter the competition, she lost out on the ...