Coalition of Stakeholders and Communities Join Suit to Defend Abundance-based Halibut Bycatch
A broad coalition of commercial fishermen, charter operators, processors and community organizations representing the wide range of halibut-dependent communities across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest have been granted intervener status in the suit filed by the Groundfish Forum against the Department of Commerce on Amendment 123, the rule that bases halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea for bottom trawls on abundance.
That rule was implemented January 1 this year and sets abundance-based limits on halibut bycatch in the bottom trawl fleet (also known as Amendment ...
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