Anglers with a special arrangement to go ice fishing Sunday on the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec caught a 109-pound Atlantic halibut that took them four hours to land. Remi and Mathieu Aubin needed ...

A trio of fishermen working with scientists under a special arrangement to go ice fishing on the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec landed a 112-pound Atlantic halibut that gave the anglers an adrenaline ...

Historically, Atlantic halibut has not competed with its close relative on the West Coast since New England and Canadian fishermen overfished stocks in the late 1880s. Listen now ...

The government lists Atlantic halibut as “overfished” and conservationists want to protect it. But many fishermen say the catch is up because the stock has been rebuilt over recent years.

Total halibut fishing off the Atlantic coast comes to about 5,000 tons every year, worth about $100 million, according to the industry. In 2022, Canadian landings of Atlantic halibut were valued ...

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 23, 2024 /CNW/ - Atlantic halibut is found in waters from east of Newfoundland to the northeastern United States. Most of the stock is found in Canadian fisheries waters, with a ...

Atlantic halibut thrive in warming Maritime waters, study finds Published on Dec. 20, 2023, 12:10 AM Catch of huge groundfish worth $60M in Nova Scotia in 2022 ...

Discover how Alexandra Spring's 33-pound, 14-ounce Atlantic halibut caught off Cape Cod set a new IGFA world record. Learn ...

Between 2004 and 2018, warmer bottom temperatures expanded the "available thermal habitat" suitable for juvenile halibut, under 80 centimetres in length.

Warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change will provide favourable conditions for Atlantic halibut, according to a new study, although what happens to their prey is uncertain.A paper ...