The most recent value I have for sablefish landing is from 2013. The NT catch was valued at $2,963,671.31

Per statements provided by the sablefish fleet, halibut are always encountered in their fishery. If they were to be required to discard the catch, it would be counted as wastage and would, as I understand it, count against the 2A CSP for halibut which would impact all of the 2A fisheries.

I don't have a problem with an allowable amount of halibut to be taken by the sablefish fleet. I just think their catch should come out of the commercial quota and not be taken out of the sport quota. We gave up 70,000 lbs of halibut this year to the sablefish fleet. Because of the 2A CSP and the way the catch is split, we ended up with about 23,000 lbs added to the sport share. If we had had our full share, as specified in the 2A CSP, we would have had over 93,000 lbs added to the sport share.