scott craven
Well-Known Member
Aside from the 85/15 split which pisses us all off, the IPHC
are stating we have been in a 10 year decline in stocks which is leveling off now.
"Including this year’s data, the results of the 2012 stock assessment indicate that the Pacific halibut stock biomass has been declining continuously over much of the last decade as a result of decreasing size at age as well as below average recruitment. Based on the reductions in recent harvest levels, evidence from the survey index of abundance, as well as the age-composition data, the stock assessment estimates that the population decline has now slowed and the stock trajectory is relatively flat, with spawning biomass about 5% higher than a level which would require a reduction in harvest rate."
Since we have to work with the numbers IPHC have set out for us, I believe the best we could ask for is a 1/1 limit, no slot size until they deem the season is over.
There is simply no point in releasing a badly hooked,damaged fish because it's over the slot size.
are stating we have been in a 10 year decline in stocks which is leveling off now.
"Including this year’s data, the results of the 2012 stock assessment indicate that the Pacific halibut stock biomass has been declining continuously over much of the last decade as a result of decreasing size at age as well as below average recruitment. Based on the reductions in recent harvest levels, evidence from the survey index of abundance, as well as the age-composition data, the stock assessment estimates that the population decline has now slowed and the stock trajectory is relatively flat, with spawning biomass about 5% higher than a level which would require a reduction in harvest rate."
Since we have to work with the numbers IPHC have set out for us, I believe the best we could ask for is a 1/1 limit, no slot size until they deem the season is over.
There is simply no point in releasing a badly hooked,damaged fish because it's over the slot size.