In partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times, Northern Journal has chronicled the long, steep decline ...

We all had a big scare on Tuesday night. After an 8.7 earthquake off the coast of Russia, a tsunami warning went out for almost the entire Pacific Ocean. The tsunami surge that eventually hit our area ...

The following questions were asked on the state Department of Fish & Wildlife website: QUESTION: I have a question about safely bringing large halibut onboard. Because the Pacific halibut caught in ...

As a longtime halibut charter fisherman and small-business owner, I want to thank the Anchorage Daily News — and reporter Hal Bernton, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal — for ...

The overall leaders in the Valdez Halibut Derby have all tipped the scales at more than 100 pounds, and the Halibut Hullabaloo winner is currently in second place overall. Kamille Mulcaire of ...

I grew up in Alaska and I’ve heard this story forever, including when I worked on a salmon fishing boat for two summers. It’s the claim of a sometimes lethal danger to fishermen posed by a large ...

Dock Totals 7/10 – 7/16: 4424 anglers aboard 189 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 397 barracuda, 793 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 1 blue perch, 4 bocaccio, 1868 ...

Dock Totals 6/8 – 6/14: 2728 anglers aboard 125 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 35 barracuda, 416 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 112 bonito, 21 cabezon, 2312 ...