Sometimes less is more is the mantra embraced by Erik Velsko of Homer, Alaska, intent on building his reputation for the highest quality Pacific cod and other fish harvested from the ocean offshore of ...

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

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

Never bet against tech Part 3 of a 4-part series Now semi-retired Alaska economist Gunnar Knapp, the nation’s foremost authority on the economics of the Alaska fishing business, offered a ...

The state report found that the commercial fishing sector lost 443 jobs in 2024, a 7.6 percent drop from 2023. On average, ...

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That's according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024.

The state has kept detailed statistics since 2001, and the number of people fishing and processing fish hasn't ever been so low.

We have the whole Thundermist gang out fishing for halibut here in Peterborough Alaska. We're running the 120lb T-Turn Bait Rig to keep us tangle-free, with a SS40 Viper Spoon to give our bait some ...

BARNESVILLE — After Dr. Brone Lobichusky completed a fellowship in critical care at MD Anderson Cancer Cancer in Camden, Joseph Lobichusky felt it was time for a celebratory father-daughter fishing ...

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission fish culturist Dulce Auman (back) of the Pleasant Gap hatchery opens the tank valve as Dennis Murphy (center) of Altoona and Bill Drugg of Bellwood release ...