Council cuts Bering Sea halibut bycatch limits, but critics say it’s not enough
After several days of emotional testimony, the council voted on Sunday afternoon (5-7-15) to reduce limits on halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea -- by 21-percent overall. But halibut fishermen in the Bering Sea say the cut isn’t big enough to save their communities.
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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.
