Tough Decisions Ahead for Pacific Halibut: Bycatch and Recruitment Impact 2020 Catch Projections
The Pacific halibut industry faces a series of challenges that were made clear earlier this week at the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s Interim Meeting in Seattle. The result will likely be significantly lower catch limits coastwide in 2020.
Stakeholders and managers from the U.S. and Canada heard a summary of the 2019 season as well as results of one of the most extensive surveys ever conducted by IPHC.
In presenting the data, IPHC’s quantitative scientist Ian Stewart got right to the point. “Estimated spawning biomass decreased from ...
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