The rockfish caught last week in the vicinity of Juneau, Alaska, which had state officials abuzz that it was the oldest on record turned out to be much younger than previously believed.

A potential fishing world record shortraker rockfish was caught in Elfin Cove, Alaska out of the Tanaku Lodge and once ...

The brightly colored fish, landed by Glenn Krieger out of Elfin Cove, weighed 44.8 pounds on a digital scale. The current ...

“When a rockfish caught in 900 feet of water is brought to the surface it usually dies,” said Julie Speegle, a spokeswoman for NOAA’s Alaska region, in an interview with the L.A. Times.

Rockfish are often considered the poor man's halibut, but this tough fish is fun to catch, and just as much fun to eat. Call it the other white fish.

Since the mid-1980s, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists have been concerned about rockfish stocks, due to their extreme longevity, low productivity and how easy some are to find and ...

An insurance adjustor from Seattle caught a rockfish outside Juneau, Alaska, last week that weighed 39.08 pounds and believed to be around 200 years old, The Sitka Sentinel reported.

The deep, cold waters of Alaska’s Prince William Sound hold some of the best-tasting saltwater fish in the North Pacific region. Sablefish (also known as black cod) are near the top of this list, and ...

A recreational fisherman hauled in a record-breaking fish last week off the coast of Alaska. Experts are estimating that the 39.08-pound shortraker rockfish has been roaming the Alaskan waters for ...

Hulson says at this point, the increase in juvenile rockfish hasn’t had any impact on the way Alaska’s fisheries are managed. Rockfish can live upwards of 100 years, and it takes a long time ...

With an Alaska Department of Fish and Game representative present, the shortraker rockfish weighed in at 42.4 pounds on a certified scale, still besting the previous record by over three pounds.