A Story of Two Sets of Catch Limits, Both for Halibut in 2018
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Peggy Parker - March 8, 2018
[Correction: An earlier version of this story inadvertently switched descriptions for regulatory Areas 4A and 4B in the final list of catch limits. The correction does not affect the numbers for either area.]
New catch limits for the 2018 Pacific halibut season will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, March 9, with an effective date of March 8, but don't believe them. The real catch limits will be in a second Federal Register notice that will come out early next week.
No, this is not fake news.
This necessary but confusing process was triggered when the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) struck an impasse on catch limits between ...
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