FISHNG1
Sorry, should have been more clear. If you check out the federal regulations established by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, you will see that in 2002 no retention of yelloweye is allowed when halibut are on board the boat. This requires us to release dead fish. I don't like releasing dead fish, but it is nessessary to prevent people from filling out their yelloweye limit after they have caught their halibut. They will be counting discarded fish toward our catch.
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Mike Gilchrist