In terms of allocation, this makes the salmon screwing we get look like a day at the spa. I wonder if the horrible mismanagement of groundfish has been allowed to continue for so long because there is no way for the general public to see the results of over-exploitation the way we do when salmon show up in the rivers in low numbers. We never see halibut until they're flopping on someone's deck (most often, to be dumped back dead), and until we stop seeing them hitting decks, we won't have to deal with the reality of what we've done.

Knowing how the majority of these delicious fish are being wantonly wasted, and realizing that fisheries politics will not change until they're all gone, I kind of wish they'd just let the trawlers sell those halibut to the market. Imagine how much cheaper and more plentiful it would become at the store? Wasting these fish is an even bigger travesty than intentionally overharvesting them for profit, in my opinion. That's some pretty dark $hit right there, I know....