Originally posted by godeep
This how the fishery was run in Alaska. I haven't kept up on the fishery in the last couple of years but I do know that you don't have to have a boat to own quota but you do have to be on the boat to catch the quota.
Not sure how it works when corporations own the quota and the boat.
My friends are young commercial fisherman and if wasn't for Tuna they wouldn't be able to just make a living on Halibut. They have a small quota and they lease 100,000 + every year. Fishing for Halibut is no easy living and only guys making it are sitting in Hawaii with quota.
Time to re think the gift.
No commercial boat is allowed over 1% of the tac. That means the most any one commercial boat can fish is approx 70,000lbs.
On your other point I think it is sad that a few armchair fisherman are sitting in Hawaii while the young people are out trying to make a living. They should be able to say if you don't personally fish your quota in say 3 years you loose it. that would give insentive to sell it to someone who will use it.. either sports or commercial. I know in Alaska you have one year if you are sick other wise it is gone.
I must apologize I think I have gone on quite a tangent with this thread.
I still feel that each sports licence should come with a set of tags, and when the tags are gone you are off the water. We need real numbers to do proper science and keep our stocks healthy. Right now it is just a guess to what is being caught.
