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Halibut Catch Limits Slashed in Many Areas of Alaska
Share The International Pacific Halibut Commission has
agreed on reductions to catch limits in most of the halibut
fishing areas in Alaska.
Bruce Leaman Executive Director of the International Pacific
Halibut Commission says the cuts are necessary. ”Yes, they
are severe; they are following on the heels of some fairly
significant declines over the last four or five years”
Only two halibut fishing regions will see a rise in their
catch allocation. One of those areas is Southeast Alaska,
which the Commission agreed to increase from 2.3 to 2.6
million pounds. This is because the Commission says the fall
in halibut numbers in Southeast stabilized in 2011. However,
that’s not a cause for celebration, as coastal-wide data
shows a continued decline.
One area that it’s feared will be severely hit by the
reduction in catch limit is St. Paul. Commercial fishermen
there say communities have hard times to look forward to as
the Commission voted to cut the catch from 1.69 million
pounds to 1.1 million.
Rena Kudrin’s family has been fishing halibut for 22 years
in St. Paul.
”I’ve seen it go up and down, and I’ve seen the abundance at
one time; now I see the decline in it. It’s going to affect
a lot of families out there, so I hope everyone has saved
and prepared for this,” Kudrin said.
And it’s not just St. Paul – statewide, the halibut fishery
will be bringing in less fish this season – including in the
Southcentral region, which will see a loss of more than
two-plus million pounds.
Roland Maw of Kasilof is executive director of United Cook
Inlet Drift Association. Maw says some fishermen will have
more problems than others. “So those fisherman who are
multi-species fisherman – halibut, salmon, crab, cod, black
cod – they will have a little resistance because those
stocks are doing well, but those that are unique
individually halibut-based fisherman, they’re going to have
an inordinate amount of problems dealing with this,” he
said.
Commercial fishing fleets in Southcentral say they aren’t
happy about the cut, but they understand it’s necessary if
the halibut stock is going to survive.
“If these stocks weren’t in steep decline I wouldn’t be
supporting it because then it becomes an allocation issue,
but this isn’t an allocation issue – these stocks are in
trouble,” Maw said.
Maw says cutbacks in other areas will have to be made and
personal lives will be affected.
“On the vessel we are going to do delayed maintenance so
engines will not get replaced,” Maw said. “The individuals
that are going to take a little bit of a harder hit are
those who are highly financed with loans on boats and
individual fishing quota.”
The other significant change the Commission agreed to today
affects the charter sports fishery industry in Southeast.
The existing regulation of one fish per person of a maximum
size of 37 inches will be changed so people can now catch
one halibut that is less than 45 inches or more than 68
inches.
Even though there will be some financial pain ahead, many in
the industry say they agree with the science that has driven
the drastic cuts, data that indicates a continued decrease
in the size of halibut being harvested, as well as overall
numbers.
The commercial halibut season in Alaska begins on March 17.
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