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Article: Charter boats and halibut.(Alaska imposes new laws on halibut fishing)
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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Many visitors and residents fish for halibut via charter boats. But regulations may soon change the way halibut is harvested on such boats.
There are four kinds of Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut) fisheries in Alaska commercial, guided, non-guided and subsistence. They are all governed by the International Pacific Halibut Commission, which grants the general regulatory and management authority to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which, in turn, works co-jointly with the Alaska Board of Fish and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to implement those regulations and management measures. It is a long gauntlet and varies widely according to ...