Over the past decade, it's become more difficult for commercial halibut fishermen off Alaska's coasts to catch enough to meet their quotas, as the flat whitefish have become less abundant and smaller.

Fishermen in Alaska and elsewhere are trying to bring more attention to the impacts that trawlers are having on our marine resources.

ABOARD THE ORACLE, North Pacific — Skipper Robert Hanson seeks halibut on a stretch of graveled sea bottom ripped by the ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. For Zack Robinson, fishing isn’t just a job. "The ocean’s my life," he said. Robinson has been gill-netting for ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In an ongoing dispute between commercial fishermen and the growing halibut charter business, a federal agency has issued new regulations keeping the current bag limit for guided ...

The commission has been forced, due to budgetary constraints, to sharply reduce the scope of ocean surveys that help assess ...

Trawlers are seen in Unalaska on Sept. 24, 2013. (Photo by James Brooks) As an Alaska Native, born and raised in Homer, one of the co-authors, Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, has been a lifelong ...

Halibut fishing is struggling. The flat fish, once a mainstay for Alaska fishers — and for American families — can now cost ...

If ever was a season to allow deep water fishing, this is it. A shortened Dungeness crab season was followed by the announcement of a complete salmon fishing closure both sport and commercial. This ...