In 2022, the commercial halibut fishery in the Gulf of Alaska killed and discarded nearly twice as many halibut — nearly one million pounds — as the Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet. This fleet, which ...

THE Bering Sea is a tough, unforgiving environment. As Alaska Native peoples we have survived and flourished for thousands of years by sustainably harvesting this sea’s bounty, including the noble ...

With the collapse of the West Coast’s salmon fishery, thousands of anglers have turned their attention toward other more readily available species such as rockfish, striped bass, and lingcod.

HALIBUT BYCATCH, the end result of big money commercial halibut fishing, is having an impact on flatfish stocks. This is reflected in lower recruitment, the number of fish surviving to enter the ...

In 1911, the Tordenskjold, a 75-foot schooner hewed from old-growth fir, left the Ballard docks for a first season of halibut fishing off Alaska. Back then, sails supplemented the power of a feeble ...