LeSea Charters

LeSea Charters is an Alaska family owned sport-fishing service that operates out of the beautiful port of Seward, Alaska.

LeSea Charters provides both fishing charters and sightseeing trips in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Alaska, Kenai Fjords, Prince William Sound and Resurrection Bay.

We offer fishing trips for Salmon, Halibut, Rockfish and Ling Cod. Our boat the Eleu has a heated cabin and a private head.

For your safety, the Eleu is equipped with all the electronics for safe navigation. The Eleu meets all safety requirements and is rated five star by the U S Coast Guard

Captain Dewayne Brantley

Captain Dewayne Brantley, owner and operator of LeSea Charters began his saltwater career in 1959 operating Navy recreational fishing boats out of San Diego. He has over 35 years of fishing experience in Alaska. Dewayne holds a U.S. Coast Guard license to operate in U.S. coastal waters. LeSea Charters is licensed by the State of Alaska as a fishing charter. LeSea Charters is insured and the crew is trained in First Aid and CPR procedures. We always put safety first. We are knowledgeable in the techniques of fishing for halibut, salmon and the other game fish species. We make every effort to ensure you have a safe and happy trip.

Comments

Regarding the recent regulations by the International Pacific Halibut Commission and National Marine Fisheries Services. LeSea Charters was issued a permit that allows it to take 6 people a day fishing for halibut. This regulation was enacted to prevent the charter industry from further growth under the pretext that it will protect the halibut from being over fished. The permits were issued based on the log book records of Alaska Fish and Game for the years 2004. 2005 and 2008. Halibut were not recorded in the log books for the years 2004 and 2005. Bottom fish were recorded during those year which included Ling Cod and Rock Fish but halibut were not listed. LeSea Charters owner is sympathetic to the charter operators who were excluded from receiving a permit. The bottom line is the public will now have limited access to the halibut resource. Our price for a day of fishing will only change due to the increase in fuel cost but not because of a limitation of halibut charter boats. We are still allowed two halibut of any size per day for each person fishing.

Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

Pacific halibut populations are healthy.
Pacific halibut fisheries are managed through a treaty between the United States and Canada per recommendations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission.
Halibut is low in saturated fat and sodium and is a very good source of protein, niacin, phosphorus, and selenium. For more on nutrition, see Nutrition Facts. (USDA)
Close to 100% of the halibut harvested by U.S. commercial fishermen is Pacific halibut. The main sources for Pacific halibut are the United States and Canada.

Sustainability Status

Biomass: Coastwide exploitable biomass (the amount of the population that can be harvested) in 2010 was estimated to be 334 million pounds.
Overfishing: Undefined
Overfished: No
Fishing and habitat: Commercial fishermen mainly use bottom longline gear to harvest halibut. The effects of bottom longline gear on habitats are poorly understood but could include disturbance of sediments, benthic structures, and other organisms.
Bycatch: Seabirds, including short-tailed albatross, blackfooted/Laysan albatross, northern fulmars, and shearwaters. Longline vessels are required by regulation to use seabird avoidance devices. The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) also conducts bird bycatch research and collects multi-agency observations on seabird distribution. The commercial halibut fishery switched from J-hooks to circle hooks in 1983, lowering the mortality of undersized halibut caught and released during commercial fishing. Some groundfish, including overfished stocks like canary and yelloweye rockfish in Washington and Oregon waters as well as healthy stocks of Pacific cod, other rockfish, and flatfish, are incidentally-caught in halibut fisheries. To reduce this, regulations prohibit commercial Pacific halibut fisheries in specific depths and areas off Washington, Oregon, and California, and conservation areas are closed to all fishing in several areas off the Pacific coast and Bering Sea. The IPHC, NOAA Fisheries Service, the Pacific States Marine Fish Commission, the North Pacific Research Board, and the halibut industry are conducting joint research to evaluate use of electronic monitoring (cameras and GPS) to characterize bycatch in the Alaskan halibut fishery.

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