According to Alaska media reports, the International Pacific Halibut Commission, meeting in Anchorage, has confirmed an over all cut in Pacific halibut harvest quota of 18 per cent, or 7.5 million pounds for 2012. KMXT, an NPR station in Kodiak, … Continue reading
A report prepared by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for this week’s meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission in Anchorage says the controversial program where recreational fishers could buy quota from commercial fishers had only “limited success…with few … Continue reading
Analysis British Columbia once had the richest, longest-lasting, sustainable oil economy on the planet. That’s almost all gone now. While the environmental movement loves to quote Joni Mitchell’s “You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone,” the collapse of … Continue reading
Environment Fishery Halibut Link There is growing anger to the north of us in Alaska, over halibut allocation policies by the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration. If Kitimat is the centre of opposition by the recreational halibut sector in … Continue reading
Environment Fishery The International Pacific Halibut Commission is trying a new way of tracking halibut migration using technology invented for smart phones and tablets. The same high tech that lets your smart phone or tablet know the screen should … Continue reading
Environment FisheryOriginally posted Aug 23, 2011 1:15 PTUpdated Aug. 23, 2011, 2104 PT. .Just after noon on August 22, 2011, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans quietly announced that the it was closing the Pacific region recreational halibut fishery as … Continue reading
Environment Editor’s note: With this entry, Northwest Coast Energy News launches its planned expansion of coverage from energy and energy related environment issues to include other environmental and related issues in the northwest, including fishery issues. For the past year, … Continue reading
