Court Rules for Halibut Industry and Feds on Bycatch Abundance-Based Management
Last Friday, Judge Sharon Gleason in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska ruled in favor of the defendants, National Marine Fisheries Service, on Amendment 123 to the BSAI Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, rejecting challenges from the Groundfish Forum, representing bottom trawlers in the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands.
The ruling underscores a new rule, implemented for the first time in January 2024 after nearly ten years of work at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, that halibut bycatch...
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