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Archive: Feb 2015

2015 Halibut Harvest Guidelines

Halibut Harvest Guidelines Are In – or – David and Goliath, Trawlers Win? Well guys, it’s official. The 2015 Halibut Harvest Guidelines have been released by the IPHC (International Pacific Halibut Commission).  There are some new rules this year! First of all, carried over from 2014 is the 1 halibut of any size, 1 halibut under 29″ rule.  This means that if we limit out, one of the fish is required to be smaller.  We’re fortunate in area 3A to not be limited to 1 halibut per person, like in some areas of the state.   Also, the crew of the boat are not allowed to retain halibut themselves – this is an effort to reduce overall catch by the charter fleet by not allowing the captain and deckhand as crew members to retain halibut. Additionally, only 1 halibut charter…