Blackcod

Captain Robert Hanson comes into Dutch Harbor, Alaska, with blackcod pots on the F/V Oracle.

Hot for pots: Alaska longliners advocate for new gear

Jessica Hathaway

Alaska halibut surveys improve; Japanese markets sink blackcod prices

Charlie Ess

In the small boat harbor at Kodiak, Alaska. James Brooks photo.

Harvesting the haul

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Deckhand Maureen O

Carryover frozen halibut brews competition in Alaska

Charlie Ess

Fresh caught blackcod, also known as sablefish, sits on ice in a Newport, Ore., fish market. NOAA photo by Alix Smith.

Blackcod market stagnates as cold storage holdings pile up on West Coast

Charlie Ess

Fresh caught blackcod, also known as sablefish, sits on ice in a Newport, Ore., fish market. NOAA photo by Alix Smith.

Fish farming fears take root as domestic demand for blackcod rises

Charlie Ess

The F/V Woodstock, a blackcod and halibut longliner out of Sitka, Alaska. Photo by Joshua Roper/Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

Alaska halibut allocations are treading; strong spawns for blackcod

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A prototype seminesting sablefish pot with a stowable trigger for stacking. Neptune Marine photo.

Q&A: Catch a pot of blackcod

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