Long-line caught halibut await unloading in Petersburg. (Angela Denning/KFSK) The council that manages fishing in federal waters voted last week to link groundfish trawl fishing in the Bering Sea and ...
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, or NPFMC, has hardly been an Alaska household name, but we think it should become one. The 11-member council makes fisheries policy for the North Pacific ...
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, Alaska – The federal body responsible for regulating fisheries in U.S. waters off Alaska has adopted new rules to limit the unintentional capture of halibut by fishermen trawling the Bering ...
SEATTLE -- A federal fishery council vote Monday could set the stage for future cuts of up to 35% in the incidental halibut take of a largely Washington-based trawl fleet that targets yellowfin sole ...