A freediver who braved Alaska’s frigid waters in search of a spearfishing challenge has set a world record for Pacific halibut. “I love a good challenge and Alaska was definitely the right playing ...

HOMER -- In the Halibut Capital of the World, it's harder to catch a small fish than it is to reel in a big one. That wasn't an unhappy situation for four visitors from Roseburg, Oregon. About a week ...

THE COASTAL HALIBUT season is underway after a lengthy, pandemic-related delay, while Puget Sound marine areas 5-10 anglers can once again target halibut after spending 21 days fishing for the ...

The halibut fishery has been so good that it appears as though they’re stacked like a huge cord of firewood on the sandy bottom of Admiralty Inlet and eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca. Not only is there ...

The halibut fishery of the North Pacific -- long touted as a model for wise fisheries management and the goodness of privatizing commercial fisheries -- is now in such dire straits regulators were ...