NPFMC To Tackle Halibut Allocation, Crab Rebuild, Advisory Panel Make-Over in Week Ahead
If you tune in to the electronic meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s first meeting of the year this week, you’ll be hearing the phrase “uncompensated reallocation” soon and frequently.
Tomorrow the 11-member panel will take up the Halibut Catch Share Plan (CSP) allocation review, and proposed shifting of halibut from the commercial sector to the recreational charter sector in Southeast and south-central Alaska.
Another phrase you may hear is “overfishing status.” On Wednesday the Council will address Snow Crab rebuilding in ...
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