Halibut Charters Wanted for Summer Surveys
Ten to 14 halibut longliners are needed to help with the annual stock surveys from Oregon to the far reaches of the Bering Sea. The International Pacific Halibut Commission charters the vessels each year to take scientists fishing.
Steve Keith is IPHC assistant director -
“The whole coast is broken up into 28 charter regions and vessels can bid on any number of those regions that they'd like to fish for us. We award a contract to a given region to a given vessel. We supply the bait and the ice, they supply..."
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