action cutting the Amendment 80 sector’s halibut - yet again - we should pause and reflect on what … Let’s At Least Try to Solve the Halibut Problems OPINION: Let’s At Least Try to Solve the Halibut … halibut problems rather than just cutting Amendment 80 halibut and acting surprised in another 4 years … Amendment 80 sector’s halibut - yet again - we should pause and reflect on what this will accomplish. … this will accomplish. There are problems with halibut management, to be sure. The Pribilof Island … HalibutWithLicenseURI.PNG … community-based fleet needs bigger halibut allocations in times of low abundance. There is too much waste …

total, NMFS and the Council imposed A80 halibut cuts totaling 37% over a seven year period (2008 … Halibut … This page will be constantly updated with information regarding the Halibut issue before the North … Management Council (Council) for decades. This has been a successful effort, as halibut bycatch levels are … for rationalization of our fisheries and providing our sector with tools to reduce halibut PSC. In … Pacific Fishery Management Council December 8-16, 2021, via webconference Background: Reducing Halibut …

words, if the 50% halibut allocation limit went through, companies would see flatfish revenues sink … (NPFMC) from imposing proposed decreases -- ranging from 10% to 50% -- to the halibut bycatch … protect A80 halibut … Fishermen's Finest, which fishes Alaska groundfish, is delivering its petition against the halibut … Fishermen’s Finest delivering petition against halibut bycatch decreases to Washington state … Halibut Petition … Halibut … . Read More on this issue (content gathered by FF):  SeafoodNews.Com: A80 Capt Gives his take on Halibut …

halibut fisheries are adversely affected. Numerous fishermen have testified before the federal council … NPFMC Gears Up for Bering Sea Halibut Bycatch Decision With Alaska’s commercial halibut fishery … NMFS Halibut … for all target fisheries currently subject to halibut limits, and also included separate sub … Halibut … wrestle with the thorny issue of halibut caught incidentally in Bering Sea groundfish fisheries.  A final … decision on prohibited species catch of halibut in Bering Sea groundfish fisheries is scheduled for …

When the topic of Halibut bycatch comes up, we find that there tends to be a disconnect between the … Halibut bycatch by each sector and then compared the amount of economic impact the Halibut has between … Halibut Bycatch … and only slightly more than hook and line directed halibut- … same order but different lbs. in 2013): 1. Largest user of bycatch in the halibut fishery is the … value of a ton of Halibut varies from sector to sector - between the 2nd and 3rd largest users of … Trawl uses less halibut bycacth than longline … freezer longliner (H&L) sector - 14M lbs. + 2. Trawl comes in second at 11M lbs. + 3. Directed Halibut …

issue (Agenda item C-2) is up for Final Action - read more - IPHC Halibut History  Fishermen's Finest … Plenary Meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council nears - June / Sitka.  The halibut … ILWU Halibut … Halibut …

Unalaska Halibut … Halibut biomass anomoly, and the resulting issues with the Halibut directed fishery, to damage our … respect to the Halibut Bycatch Reductions that are up for Final Action (Agenda item C-2). We recognize …

Halibut anger lands on wrong target Posted: July 7, 2015 - 12:01am In Tuesday’s ‘My Turn’ feature … Halibut Anger … give him what he wants, because Bering Sea bycatch isn’t the main cause of problems in the halibut … fishery. There are near-record numbers of undersize halibut in the Bering Sea and Amendment 80 fisheries … Halibut … , Mr. Grutter states that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council halibut bycatch reductions … International Pacific Halibut Commission acknowledge that they do not know the impact of Bering Sea bycatch …

reduce halibut bycatch by 32%. Sobeck had voiced concern for the issue in the letter for the … Alaska Seafood Cooperative to Sobeck: We fear confusion remains on halibut bycatch capabilities … confusion in the debate on halibut bycatch reduction measures. General manager Jason Anderson sent a … its ability to reduce halibut bycatch. The cooperative, representing sixteen trawl catcher/processors … Halibut … letter to the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) in January said deck sorting can … AKSC Halibut Confusion …

national standards in the Magnuson Stevens Act (MSA) and provides no benefits to the halibut stock. "The … Pacific halibut stock is not overfished, and while the International Pacific Halibut Commission has … NPFMC Chair Dan Hull O’Hara Corporation requests NPFMC to prepare EIS for halibut bycatch reduction … O'Hara Halibut EIS … action Halibut bycatch action at the June/Sitka North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC … Halibut … for halibut would have no biological benefits whatsoever." The eleven page letter concludes with a …

Woodley & Anderson: Halibut … deck sorting procedure that could reduce halibut mortality even further. Using that and/or halibut … Halibut Bycatch … halibut bycatch, takes a breath before he comments. “Other people have made the argument of how much … halibut fisheries were rationalized and are antiquated.  “It’s not a race for fish anymore.  We now have … to avoid halibut bycatch. The vessel permit has a history of each vessel, and each quota that is … .  “Our efficiency on halibut  is .6%,” says Woodley. “Our target species is 99.4% of the catch.” “The …

Halibut 1:160 … our Ship's bLog:  Halibut History  Fishermen's Finest ~ a team of excellence ~ our name says it all.  … How many people does 1 lb. of halibut feed? Directed Halibut Fishery - longline - feeds 2 people … Halibut …

AK Groundfish Halibut … Alaska groundfish sector gears up for access to resource battle with halibut April 13, 2015, 4:26 … regulators as companies prepare to battle with the halibut sector for access to resource at the North … up against an ailing 4CDE area directed halibut fishing fleet, which has seen its quota cut by … Corporation brings up perhaps one of the least understood points -- the halibut stock is not outside … Halibut … pm [Undercurrentnews] Jeanine Stewart Letters in protest of potentially drastic halibut bycatch …

issue currently before the International Pacific Halibut Commission and the North Pacific Fishery … Letters: How Alaska's Amendment 80 Fleet Has Managed Halibut Bycatch   SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews … TJ Durnan Halibut … Management Council. - MR Dear SeafoodNews, With halibut catch by all sectors of Alaska's fishing industry … letter is in response to some scrutiny the Amendment 80 fleet has faced with the halibut bycatch … Halibut … writes about the measures the fleet has taken to reduce its halibut bycatch levels. Capt. Durnan's …

Halibut biomass anomoly, and the resulting issues with the Halibut directed fishery, to damage our … (International Pacific Halibut Commission) has acknowledged that we have seen unprecendented Halibut recruitment … below that shows the Halibut historical data: Recruitment during the period from 1977 to 2006 was … Halibut fishermens' 'need' to be made whole (getting back to the quota levels of 5 years ago) is not based … IPHC Halibut History … the Halibut biomass probably won't be getting back to those level for some time.   Do not allow the …

should reflect what we know' Anchorage Dispatch News: Marquardt 'Halibut Poster Child Issue' Hydra Pro … allocation could ruin Seattle Trawl Fleet  Anchorage Dispatch News: Gauvin 'Halibut bycatch cap … NPFMC C-2 Halibut … Pacific Council Members must Recuse themselves FishFinest.com: Value of Halibut FishFinest.com: Smoot … Halibut … Meeting):                                  READ: Amendment 80 Support Letters Seattle Times:  Halibut … Dutch Harbor:  A80:Dir Hal = 26:1 Potential HUGE loss to Dutch SeafoodNews.com: Chris Oliver 'Halibut …

Fishermen's Finest is committed to reducing our halibut bycatch; we've worked diligently with … Deck Sorting Halibut … Trawl uses less halibut than Longline … slightly more than Directed Halibut Fishery … Halibut NPFMC Seattle … up with ways that reduce our bycatch while allowing every ton of halibut allocated to us to …

[halibut bycatch] is not a conservation issue, it’s a domestic allocation issue’ Chris Oliver, NPFMC  Click … ‘The overall biomass of Halibut in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska is fairly constant… it … Chris Oliver Halibut … Halibut … Halibut <-- Click here. Fishermen's Finest ~ a team of excellence ~ our name says it all.  …

halibut  there is a 1:12 ratio between Halibut directed Fishery and the Amendment 80 fleet … There is a lot at stake when dealing with the Halibut issue in the Bering Sea.  For every pound of … are no observers on halibut directed fishery vessels. Finally, don't let the halibut biomass … Halibut Bycatch … Value of Halibut … Halibut … Directed Halibut …

A80 Halibut Support …