Halibut Catch Limits for Alaska Made Official Today
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - March 20, 2018
Alaska’s halibut fishermen can be forgiven if they’re confused about catch limits for the season starting this Saturday, March 24.
The final numbers are published today in the Federal Register and they are lower than last year, but -- in Alaska -- exactly at the levels recommended by the U.S. Commissioners of the International Pacific Halibut Commission last January.
The commercial catch limits, by regulatory area, are as follows.
Area 2C (Southeast Alaska) -- the commercial IFQ is ...
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