West Coast Whiting Stock Assessment Shows Population Highest Since 1980s
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - February 1, 2017
The draft stock assessment for the Pacific whiting (hake) stock off the west coast of North America was released yesterday with higher estimates of spawning biomass than last year, which could result in an estimated median catch limit for 2017 of 969,840 tons.
In the past, Canada and the U.S. have agreed to a much lower catch limit due to the abundance of smaller fish, but this...
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