December 11, 2024
Over 74 percent of Pacific halibut quota caught before Dec. 7 closure
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- Alaska
A lackluster Pacific halibut season closes on December 7 in fisheries across Alaska, British Columbia and along the U.S. west coast.
By December 6, just over 74% of the 28.86 million pound coastwide commercial catch limit had crossed the docks since the fishery opened on March 15, with a net weight barely topping 21.43 million pounds. Fishermen for the most part reported sketchy catches and lots of smaller sized halibut.
Alaska always get the lion’s share of the annual commercial halibut catch…
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Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She has also worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and Cape Cod. Click here to send her an email.
You can read more from Laine at alaskafish.news.
