he North American Pacific halibut fishery was started many centuries ago by the various indigenous peoples inhabiting the northwestern coastline of North America.  The fishery has since become a thriving industry shared by many user groups, including the descendents of those early fishers, sport fishers, directed commercial fishers (those who target halibut), and incidental commercial fishers (those who take halibut as bycatch in other commercial fisheries).

This portion of our web is dedicated to those groups and to the fish itself, Hippoglossus stenolepis.