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 Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR), in a statement, has condemned certain media outlets and social media platforms for circulating false, misleading and unfounded reports involving ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and the Northern Journal. Fish biologist ...

The factory trawler Unimak pulls into port on May 30, 2025, in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The bottom trawler delivered a catch of yellowfin sole to a freezer storage facility. Image by Loren ...

Julie Bonney is a longtime, Kodiak Island-based representative of some of Alaska’s trawlers — a type of fishing boat that’s drawn increasing criticism over the years for accidental “bycatch” of salmon ...

Ever caught a halibut before? Neither had we! Join us on the bay as we hunt for keeper California halibut (minimum 22 inches) and bring them straight from boat to grill. After some patient fishing, we ...

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 ...

A New Jersey-based deep-sea exploration team known for discovering several sunken vessels has announced its latest find — a fishing trawler that was lost, along with its entire crew, nearly 100 years ...

A dive team discovered the wreck of the steam trawler Seiner, which sank in 1929 with 21 crew members. Shipwreck hunter Joe Mazraani, who co-led the expedition, died just two days after identifying ...

On September 9, 2025, Freire Shipyard launched the new Arctic freezer trawler, built for Canadian fishing company Qikiqtaaluk Fisheries Corporation. The Saputi II, with a length of 79 meters, a beam ...