SITKA, Alaska -- The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska, ABC News reported. Rescuers located one deceased individual ...

Bucket List: Alaska fishing trips for halibut and salmon Chris Paparo shows off the 190-lb. halibut he caught at Alaska’s Tanaku Lodge in 2019. Credit: @fishguyphotos ...

Four of us recently returned from a six-day vacation/fishing trip to Sitka, Alaska with a ton of unforgettable memories. Elaine and I, plus my fishing partners, Don Hettrick of Carson City and Rich ...

In Sitka, the study explains, a regulation that went into effect in 1999 banned both charter and commercial fishing in the Sitka Sound in the summer, forcing charter boats to travel farther away ...

Longtime Sitka resident Linda Behnken has been appointed to the six-member International Pacific Halibut Commission. Behnken, whose name has been under consideration for the international panel ...

FILE - Homes in downtown overlook the harbor, in Sitka, Alaska, on March 26, 2008. Sitka is the home port for a charter fishing boat that sank in late May 2023 in nearby waters killing three and ...

As the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets in Sitka this week, the most contentious issue on the agenda is a proposal to reduce halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea. Commercial halibut ...

Part 2: Alaska law says that to qualify for a hunting, fishing or trapping license someone must have maintained residency for 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the application.

Sitka often attracts anglers from across the United States for its king salmon and halibut fishing - both currently in season. Located in Alaska's Southeast panhandle, Sitka has over 8,000 ...