A Kodiak fisher has been sentenced to spend a year in jail for illegally shipping thousands of pounds of tanner crab, much of ...

FAIRMONT—Fairmont native Jacob Lemon just set out on his third year of leading fishing charters in Alaska through his ...

Christiansen is one of many Alaska Native people and groups — including Kodiak’s ... rights to a small halibut harvest that it wants to make available to residents to fish.

With a sizzle of grease, a McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish slides across ... By then the chair of the Alaska Charter Association, he wrote letters, pointing out how much halibut trawlers simply threw ...

In the meantime, fishermen and processing companies are still trying to sort out whether the Kodiak trawl fleet could move to other fisheries. But amid an economic crisis in Alaska’s seafood industry, ...

“The bill as written could introduce a second crisis in Western Alaska communities that depend on CDQs [Community Development Quotas that direct need-based funding from fishing revenue to ...

MORE: Polar bear kills mother, 1-year-old son after rampage through remote Alaska village Sitka often attracts anglers from across the United States for its king salmon and halibut fishing ...

The waters around Sitka offer some of the best halibut fishing in Alaska, with fish weighing over 100 pounds not uncommon. Kodiak Island, Alaska - Kodiak Island is the second-largest island in the ...

“Alaska’s halibut fishing opportunities are unmatched ... For a remote, rugged adventure, Kodiak Island is perfect for halibut fishing, offering larger fish and less competition. Braided Line: An ...

Halibut are much bigger fish than haddock because they are considered ... California, and Nome in Alaska. They are commonly seen near Kodiak Island in the central Gulf of Alaska. Animals that hunt ...