WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed the decision by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) to defer review of a regulatory proposal that sought to alter Alaska’s unguided recreational Pacific halibut limits. The proposal, which was submitted by a Seattle, Washington-based trade association, would have reduced the daily bag limit of Alaska’s unguided recreational halibut […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging five southeast Alaska commercial fisherman with conspiring to illegally harvest halibut, in violation of the Lacey Act. According to court documents, Jonathan Pavlik, 43, of Yakutat, Vincent Jacobson, 51, of Yakutat, Kyle Dierick, 36, of Yakutat, Michael Babic, 42, of Cordova, and […]
Amendment 123 balances interests of two largest halibut user groups in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Area. NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to implement Amendment 123 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. The final rule establishes abundance-based management of Amendment 80 trawl sector prohibited species […]
