IPHC Cuts Pacific Halibut Catch Limits By More than 15% Coastwide for 2025
The International Pacific Halibut Commission adopted the lowest catch limits on record for the 2025 season. Total removals allowed will be 29.72 million pounds. That compares with last year’s total removals of 35.28 million pounds.
Of that, total fishery removals (commercial, sports, subsistence, and accidental discharges) will be 23.79 mlbs and commercial fishery limits will be 19.71 mlbs coastwide. That does not include recreational take of 3.49 in four areas: the U.S. West Coast, British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Southcentral Alaska.
The 2025 season will open ...
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