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Originally Posted by GMX
Thanks for the information I personally do t have an issue in smaller limits for salmon and I try to avoid catching rockfish. Do you have any information on commercial halibut quotas and size requirements for them if there is any.
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I am not as much as involved with the Halibut issue at this point.
I can say that there is all likelihood that fishery (recreational) will be shut down by mid-August this year. And personally I am all for that. Making the recreational catch "fit" what the government
lets them have (after the lion's share is handed over to many who do not even fish commercially) is a mistake IMHO. Shut it down. Pee the Common Man right off by doing so. That is the only way I see sufficient pressure ever developing to do anything but continue the current BS strategy.
Commercial halibut quota is more leased than owned, and that at extravagant prices.
They are held to whatever they can lease (own in some few exceptions).
They get pennies on the pound compared to the "Slipper Skipper" who is not present fishing, but leases REAL fishermen that quota. They have zero size restrictions.
BuckCuller:
When Fish Are Outlawed... ;-)
Cheers,
Nog