08-17-2011, 05:08 PM
I agree that there is a problem with the halibut population. BUT robbing Peter to pay Paul, so to speak. isn't the solution. The commercial guys have found that people will pay $20 per pound and they wanna catch more so they can sell more at that price. They don't want the sport harvest reduced to save the halibut. They want is saved so they can catch more, and sell more.
If this were a proposal to restrict the trawlers, or somehow reduce the harvest in international waters and therefore protect the halibut, fine. It's based on greed, not saving a fishery or species.
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If this were a proposal to restrict the trawlers, or somehow reduce the harvest in international waters and therefore protect the halibut, fine. It's based on greed, not saving a fishery or species.
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