http://homertribune.com/2011/03/king-bycatch-a-%e2%80%98waste%e2%80%99/ Homer, Alaska Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://homertribune.com/2011/03/king-bycatch-a-%e2%80%98waste%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-21422 Dawg Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:27:46 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=12025#comment-21422 Great post Bruce. Many of us share your comments and it's time to move on this before it's too late. Great post Bruce. Many of us share your comments and it’s time to move on this before it’s too late.

]]> http://homertribune.com/2011/03/king-bycatch-a-%e2%80%98waste%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-20931 Bruce Hess Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:14:32 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=12025#comment-20931 In addition to the 51,178 reported King Salmon the 2010 Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries reported by catch of Halibut was over 3.6 million pounds As the article indicated only 30% of the fishery has observers. You can be assured the by-catch levels are under reported. In addition to the counted and extrapolated numbers these are only the fish that come on board. There is countless more morality that never makes it on board that doesn't get counted. The halibut by catch in the GOA is more than the entire State's sport fishery catch. Would it have been necessary to limit the charter fleet without the trawl by catch? With over 3 billion pounds of targeted fish taken every year in the trawl fisheries money talks but the rest of us will be paying the price when catching a King salmon or Halibut will be a thing of the past. We will ever learn? In addition to the 51,178 reported King Salmon the 2010 Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries reported by catch of Halibut was over 3.6 million pounds
As the article indicated only 30% of the fishery has observers.
You can be assured the by-catch levels are under reported. In addition to the counted and extrapolated numbers these are only the fish that come on board. There is countless more morality that never makes it on board that doesn’t get counted. The halibut by catch in the GOA is more than the entire State’s sport fishery catch. Would it have been necessary to limit the charter fleet without the trawl by catch? With over 3 billion pounds of targeted fish taken every year in the trawl fisheries money talks but the rest of us will be paying the price when catching a King salmon or Halibut will be a thing of the past. We will ever learn?

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