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 is recommending an overall quota of 6.633 million pounds, down from 7.650 million pounds in […]
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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 mainly from the Kodiak Daily Mirror, with additional information from other media outlets. There is […]