Pacific Whiting Stock Looks Strong for 2018, Coming off Record 440,944 tons in 2017
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Peggy Parker - February 15, 2018
The first look at the Pacific whiting assessment came yesterday when the scientists on the Joint Technical Committee briefed the Joint Management Committee on their findings.
The stocks for Pacific whiting, also called hake, are still strong, coming off last year’s record catch. At 440,944 mt, it was the highest in fifty years.
The assessment showed an estimated biomass slightly down from last year: 1.357 million mt compared to year-earlier levels of 1.469 million mt ...
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