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The 2014 halibut season opens at noon tomorrow. This is the first year for the new "catch sharing plan," which establishes a cle...

Here's the official announcement from the National Marine Fisheries Service.

The federal government has approved the halibut catch sharing plan. "It's a go," said Julie Speegle, spokeswoman for the Nat...

The North Pacific Council has posted this two-page summary of the pending halibut catch sharing plan. The summary appears to be an attemp...

The National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the deadline for public comments on the proposed halibut catch sharing plan. The new dea...

The National Marine Fisheries Service is taking public comment until Aug. 12 on the proposed halibut catch sharing plan. As expected, th...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has approved a "catch sharing plan" for halibut. Here's the three-page motion th...

At its recent meeting in Anchorage, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council reaffirmed its support for the proposed catch sharing plan ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council begins a seven-day meeting tomorrow at the Hilton hotel in downtown Anchorage. The Christmas me...

Here's an interesting letter from Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, to Jane Lubchenco, NOAA administrator.

Here's a press release from the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding its current stance on the halibut catch sharing plan. And h...

The National Marine Fisheries Service came out with this update at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Dutch Harbor.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is recommending federal regulators move ahead with a controversial halibut catch sharing plan in Sout...

Here's a press release from the National Marine Fisheries Service: Sept. 1, 2011 Public comment period extended on halibut catch ...

Here's the agenda for Thursday's legislative hearing on the proposed halibut catch sharing plan.

Competing fleets have waged a halibut war for many years around the Gulf of Alaska. Now federal regulators are working, again, on a potentia...