Early Halibut Opening

[SG2.0]

Why would they? They get theirs off the top, doesn’t effect them at all.

FN do own 34% of the commercial halibut quota now.

 

[profisher]

Not really, this is what happens when we try to please everyone trying to keep the longest possible season, when the catch data demonstrated clearly that people fish halibut mostly in the June to September time period, and failing to take into full account that people value the expectation and opportunity of taking home a larger halibut if they are lucky enough to catch one. While catch data does show that most of them only get small fish.. you can't ignore the value people hold for the chance of being able to take home a big fish. Which IMO drove the demand for XRQ through the roof making the program difficult to manage.

On the south Island there is more halibut effort in March thru May when there are more appropriate currents and dogfish aren't as bad. So south Island lost a full month of prime fishing with the April 1st opening and also like everyone else the smaller size. What did the west coast and the north give up? Maybe to be fair those areas should give up either July or August so the pain is equal up and down the coast..then up the size for all with the savings.

 

[Hardy Guy]

Why would they? They get theirs off the top, doesn’t effect them at all.

They want more commercial access. If commercial has extra to go to XRQ it should go to them first ....... just what I heard, may be dock talk.

 

[Gong Show]

Everything is in chaos right now at the end of March and the Chinese tariffs on cdn seafood.

 

[Admin]

From a couple pages back...

This thread is really starting to meander all over the place. The opening and regulations for the upcoming season have been established. Further discussion on other elements of the Halibut debate needs to be taken to a new or different thread in the Conservation section.

I should have closed this one then, as it had served it's purpose and was originally posted in 2022. It is now closed.