Halibut, which look like flounder but bigger, can grow to some impressive sizes. One look at the Valdez Halibut Derby, which ...

PETERSBURG, Alaska -- The average halibut is big and uglier than the inside of a dumpster, as everyone in this little cannery town knows. By big, I mean 100 to 400 pounds, which is why fishermen ...

Alaska halibut stocks are showing signs of an uptick, and for the first time in 15 years, commercial fishermen's catches will not be slashed this year. Fishery managers on Friday set the coastwide ...

Regulations for Alaska halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row. The groups regulating halibut fishing say they decided this winter to relax restrictions again to make ...

For Southeast Alaska, area 2C, ... Like last year, the commercial fishing season for halibut this year along much of the coast will be March 6 through Dec. 7.

In one sense, it has been hugely successful: The value of the halibut catch along Alaska’s coast increased from $150 million in 1994 to $245 million in 2008, the last time it was assessed.

Simeon Swetzof Jr. has been a halibut fisherman for more than 30 years. He's also the mayor of St. Paul, a town of about 500 people, mostly Alaska Native Aleuts, in the remote Pribilof Islands.

Davd Rokser, of Duluth, who is spending the summer in Seward, Alaska, caught this 63-inch halibut Aug. 10 while fishing out of his 12-foot pedal kayak on the ocean.