I am considering putting together a trip this summer to fish for halibut, salmon, ling cod, etc and would like to stock the freezer with what we catch. How much fish can 1 person bring home from Alaska vs fishing in BC? Any other considerations on shipping fish home I should think about?

There's no limit how much you can bring home from Alaska…..there's a limit to the number of fish you can catch in a given day. For example, for Halibut, it's 2. But you can go fishing as many days as you want.

Got it. So there is no possession limit in Alaska that restricts the amount you can take home? I believe the Canada possession limit is equal to a 1 day limit, but I'm not sure.

I don't think the regulations for 2024 have been posted yet, but limits on halibut will depend on where you are fishing. Here are the 2023!limits for SE and SC Alaska.

https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-02/AK-charter-halibut-regulations-fact-sheet-akro.pdf?null#:~:text=Area%202C%20(Southeast%20Alaska)&text=One%20fish%20daily%20bag%20limit,retain%20one%20halibut%20per%20day.

For Alaska it gets a little tricky. Not only location, but time of year is a variable as well. King Salmon for example:

Nonresident

• The nonresident bag and possession limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length;
• From January 1 through June 30, the nonresident annual harvest limit is three king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length;
• From July 1 through July 15, the nonresident annual harvest limit is two king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length; any king salmon harvested from January 1 through June 30 will apply towards the two fish annual harvest limit;
• From July 16 through December 31, the nonresident annual harvest limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length; any king salmon harvested from January 1 through July 15 will apply towards the one fish annual harvest limit;
• Immediately upon landing and retaining a king salmon a nonresident must enter the species, date and location on their sport fishing license or on a nontransferable harvest record;

I've been in June and we each took home 50lbs. of fish; King Salmon, Halibut, Rockfish (Sea Bass) & Ling Cod. We could keep 3 Kings.

I've been in August and we each took home 100 lbs. each. We could only keep 1 King, but the Silvers were running and you could keep 5 per day.

People aren't understanding your question. I'm 99% sure you are correct though. We were talking about planning a few day fishing trip to Vancouver Island, but our understanding is we could only bring back a single days limit, so that's off the table and back to Alaska for us.