Abundance-based restrictions on halibut bycatch for the non-pollock US trawl fleet is the law of the land. That's following an appeal deadline that expired Jan. 7 to continue an unsuccessful legal challenge brought by the Amendment 80 industry group objecting to hard caps in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea.
As Undercurrent News reported, a US court rejected a legal challenge to halibut bycatch limits set by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) for the Amendment 80 fleet.
The fleet trawls for groundfish in Alaska for species other than pollock and has argued its sector has been unfairly singled out in a greater debate over bycatch by trawlers [...]
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