In 1888, the Oscar and Hattie landed a fare of 50,000 pounds of halibut in Tacoma, and on September 20, 1888, the first rail ...

There was a time, around a century ago, when both Ketchikan and Prince Rupert laid claim to being the "halibut capital of the world." In the first two decades of the 20th Century the two communities ...

The Pacific halibut fishery kicks off today, March 20, 2025, in regions spanning from the West Coast and British Columbia to the far reaches of Alaska's Bering Sea. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries ...

A schooner wrecked on a Hawke’s Bay beach in the 1920s has been revealed from its sandy tomb on Pōrangahau Beach by high swells in recent weeks. Tena McLean of Pōrangahau remembers going out ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced plans today for the 2025 halibut fishing season, which will kick off April 3 in some Puget Sound marine areas and May 1 in coastal m ...