Environment Fishery The International Pacific Halibut Commission is recommending drastic cuts in quotas along the west coast for the 2012 season and possibly even larger cuts for the 2013 season. For area 2B, the coast of British Columbia, the IPHC … Continue reading
Environment Fishery A number of media outlets in Alaska are reporting that at today’s meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission, scientists have said that the population can only sustain harvest quotas at half the current level. The story comes … Continue reading
Environment Fishery The Alaska Dispatch reports that a Seattle cod trawler wastes 114 tons of Alaska halibut The Seattle-based trawler Alaska Beauty recently had a great week of halibut fishing… Only one problem: Alaska Beauty wasn’t supposed to be fishing … Continue reading
Environment Fishery District of Kitimat councillor Randy Halyk, seen here at the local Jack Layton memorial on August 27, 2011, will be defending Kitimat’s resolution on halibut quotas at the Union of BC Municipalities convention. (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) … Continue reading
Environment Fishery Links Letters and op ed opinions to various media continue, objecting to the early closure of the recreational halibut fishery. Courier IslanderRobert AlcockHalibut decision hurts economy, communities While this decision will have a substantial impact on the economies … Continue reading
The United States National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the deadline for comments on its controversial Halibut Catch Sharing plan by 15 days until Sept. 21. The NMFS made the announcement in a news release on Sept. 1. There was … Continue reading
Environment Fishery Link In Alaska’s dispute over halibut allocation in that state, Alaska Dispatch is reporting State to look at proposed Alaska halibut charter regulations: With a deadline fast approaching on a federal plan to reduce the number of fish … 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 Links Comox Valley Echo Halibut decision tramples rights >Larry PetersonI am absolutely stinking mad.DFO is going to close down recreational halibut fishing as of Sept. 5? This action is an attack on my rights as a taxpaying, law-abiding … 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
