Originally Posted By: shinything

I think that they should be forced to process all they catch but not necesarily being able to sell the fish at market value.Problem is that it would drive the price of "Halibut" down.The halibut lobby would fight this tooth and nail.edit:If all they caught came out of there quota they would be more likely to fish in ways that would mean less by-catch.


I have wondered about the same thing on 90,000 chinook bycatch in the pollock fishery. I dont know what happens to those fish. I dont know if those fish go against the nearest future harvest of salmon in Alaska.

Those tube nets are necessary to make that big processing ship profitable. What worries me is if they build anymore of those, its nothing more than a license to over harvest.

I wonder if Alaska charges more for a commercial license to out of state fisherman from Seattle. The cost of licensing and travel, is a cost of doing business. When it gets too high, they either give it up or go somewhere else.