8/21/12

Limits on Halibut by-catch look like they will increase the number of fish seen in and around Homer.

Starting in 2014 new regulations on by-catch will be introduced, primarily affecting trawl fisheries based in Kodiak. Director of the International Pacific Halibut Commission, Bruce Leaman…

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Leaman said there will be an increase presence of the National Fisheries Service, to ensure a reduction in by-catch in particular areas.

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