Halibut Daily Limit Reduced Again on Sept. 20

[Eden Island]

Fisheries Notice -

FN0971-Recreational - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Halibut - In-season Update on Daily Limit​

Effective 00:01 hours on September 20, 2024 until 23:59 hours on December 31, 2024:

The daily limit will be one (1) halibut per day.

The possession limit for Halibut is EITHER of:

---- one (1) Halibut measuring 85 cm to 126 cm in length (65 cm to 97 cm head-off),

OR

---- two (2) Halibut, each measuring under 85 cm in length (65 cm head-off).

No person shall retain a Halibut greater than 126 cm head-on length (97 cm head-off). Head-off measurements are made from the base of the pectoral fin at its most forward point to the extreme end of the middle of the tail.

 

[wildmanyeah]

They must of got a bunch more data in

 

[eroyd]

Is that a change? Thought that was already the limit.

 

[Newf]

Is that a change? Thought that was already the limit.

They had changed it Aug 21st I believe to allow two daily under 85cm.

 

[Eden Island]

They had changed it Aug 21st I believe to allow two daily under 85cm.

Yup -- now back to what it was at season opening.

 

[seascene]

A friend worked on a Halibut commercial vessel this past season of Haida Gwaii. Apparently filled the boat. Aching arms from clubbing all day every day.

 

[searun]

August preliminary estimates noted a significant increase in catch. Current trends indicate we could be heading towards a small overage. Also note effort measured in boat days is up over the 5 year average by over 22,000 days (coast wide).

Because any overages this season are deducted from the 2025 TAC we will eventually have next season, the decision was taken to continue fishing while DFO double checks the estimate data, but take steps to mitigate effects of the potential overage by going back to 1 per day possession limit on the under 85cm. We do have a provision which allows us to go over the assigned TAC, but overages are deducted from the following season's TAC, and by policy DFO limits overages to not exceed 7.5% - if forecast to breach this limit, they will close the fishery.

So basically decision was to implement a return to the regulation we started the season with for now.

 

[Dale66]

Phony data from dfo