Originally Posted By: Carcassman
The other side of the coin is what is the landed value of the sablefish? I don't know. If they give up incidental harvest of halibut they give up directed harvest of sablefish.


That is certainly a factor for consideration as is the "value" of the recreational experience which would be generated by those additional days of fishing opportunity - be they successful or not.
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