Halibut system broken in Bering Sea, where bycatch wastage 3 times higher than commercial landings
(Buck Laukitis is a longtime commercial fisherman from Homer. This op-ed was also published in the Homer Tribune)
Why is more of the halibut resource wasted in the Bering Sea than landed and sold? Thirteen out of fourteen fish in the Central Bering Sea will be wasted next season. Overall the entire Bering Sea will only have 2.4 million pounds of halibut that can be sold in 2015 while over 6 million pounds will be killed and thrown overboard as ...
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