Long, Strange Trip to Tomorrow's Pacific Halibut Opener in Alaska
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Peggy Parker - March 23, 2018
Tomorrow at noon Alaska time, the Pacific halibut season opens for 2018. Catch limits have been set, new rules have been published, and processing plants are ready. The 8-month fishery will likely go smoother than the previous two months have.
The trouble started at the International Pacific Halibut Association’s (IPHC) annual meeting in late January when the six-member Commission reached an impasse on catch limits. It ended when NOAA Fisheries scrubbed a press release that ...
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