Alaska's Commercial Halibut Season to Get Going March 19 With Slightly Higher Quota
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] March 17, 2016
Alaska’s commercial halibut season gets underway this weekend on March 19 with a slightly higher quota.
In January the joint Alaska and Canadian quota set by the IPHC was 29.89 million up 2.3 percent from last season.
Alaskans will commence commercial IFQ halibut fishing on Saturday. The Alaskan share of the quota is set at 21.45 million pounds, up 235,000 pounds from last year. This includes halibut for the charter sector.
In Southeast Alaska’s Area 2C the commercial catch its 3.94 million pounds. The quota in Area 3A in Southcentral Alaska is set at 7.336 million pounds.
Ther season will run from March 19 through November 7 in all areas of the state...
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