Panel hears emotional testimony on halibut bycatch
Emotions are running high as the North Pacific Fishery Management Council considers a proposal to reduce halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea. The council got a preview of public sentiment during testimony before its advisory panel this week.
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At its Sitka meeting, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council will learn that in 2014, seven times as many halibut were caught and killed as bycatch in the Bering Sea, than were harvested in the directed halibut fisheries.
