Sport Fishing in Alaska
Alaska's coastline represents 40% of the US total and provides endless recreational fishing opportunities. The State of Alaska manages most of Alaska's recreational fisheries. NOAA Fisheries manages Pacific halibut recreational fisheries in Alaska.
![3 sport halibut and fisher person on deck in southeast Alaska](https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/sport-halibut-on-deck-fabienne-peter-contesse.jpg)
Sport Fishing Regulations
Resources
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Sport Fish Division
- Rockfish Conservation
- Recompression Devices: Helping Anglers Fish Smarter
- Is Barotrauma Keeping You Up? Try Getting Down with Recompression!
- NOAA Fisheries National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy
- Alaska Regional Implementation Plan 2016-2017 (PDF, 20 pages)
- Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC)
- Marine Recreational Information Program: National recreational fishing data
- Economic and Social Science Research
Related Information
- Marine Mammal Viewing Guidelines
- Fishing with Bears
- How to report a marine mammal stranding or entanglement