Regulations for halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row. The bodies regulating halibut fishing in Alaska relaxed restrictions on the fleet to try to make fishing more ...

[Alaska charters struggle to adapt to new rules on halibut sizes, trips] The study, which interviewed 46 charter fishing operators in 2014 and 2015, suggests that fishing management should ...

With fewer and fewer mature halibut swimming around in the North Pacific Ocean, catch limits for both commercial fishermen and sport-fishing charters are dropping. In the Alaska Gulf Area 3A ...

The charter fleet in the central Gulf of Alaska could see some regulation shifts in 2019, while additional restrictions for Southeast-based charters are unlikely.

Alaska history is full of fishing stories, from fireside salmon consumption 11,000 years ago to the largest commercial landings in 2016. How, where and what we catch is an ever-developing story ...

Already facing low catches due to the same issues affecting Pacific cod, Alaska’s commercial halibut fishing sector faces new competition for quota from recreational users ...

Halibut that can top 300 pounds, lingcod, keg-shaped orange shortrakers and king salmon are among the fish that Long Island anglers can catch in the "Frontier State." ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Morgan Robidou posed next to the bright aluminum hull of his prized new vessel, a 30-foot fishing boat that he could use to take friends, family or tourists out after salmon ...

Thursdays were closed in 2015. In Southeast Alaska, where charter captains fish salmon, black cod and rockfish as well as halibut, restrictions have stabilized.

NOAA Fisheries has issued the new regulations, effective June 1, for Southeast Alaska. The charter halibut fishing season ends Dec. 31.