Halibut Surveys Cut Back Due to COVID
This is Alaska Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch –
The annual, three month survey of the Pacific halibut stock will have a “reduced footprint” this summer due to constraints from the coronavirus. A total of 898 stations will be surveyed by longline gear, down 30% from the originally planned 1,283 stations.
“We’re going to maintain sampling in the core regions where the vast majority of the stock resides. So while it’s important to still sample those peripheries, we still are going to be sampling about 74% of the known distribution and...
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