JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A court hearing in Washington, D.C. will deal with the issue of halibut catch limits in southeast Alaska.
The Charter Halibut Task Force lawsuit asks for an injunction over a rule that reduces the daily catch limit for anglers on charter boats. The hearing takes place Wednesday.
The limit drops from two to one fish a day.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the newly enforced rules are needed because charter fishing has grown in Southeast Alaska, but the number of halibut has decreased.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=8430315
See also halibut fishing in Alaska
Friday, June 13, 2008
Combat Fishing Tournament
Nearly 300 soldiers from throughout the country, some with hometowns in Northern California, gathered in Seward, Alaska, last week for one of the most unique fishing tournaments ever organized.
The participants in the derby were Army, Air Force and National Guard members who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Many will soon be headed back for their second or third tour in the battles zones, but last Thursday, their main concern was catching the biggest halibut to win a new truck, ATV, motorcycle or other prizes in the Combat Fishing Tournament.
http://www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=8944
The participants in the derby were Army, Air Force and National Guard members who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Many will soon be headed back for their second or third tour in the battles zones, but last Thursday, their main concern was catching the biggest halibut to win a new truck, ATV, motorcycle or other prizes in the Combat Fishing Tournament.
http://www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=8944
Gas Prices Hit Fishermen Too
Pat Hammers isn’t going halibut fishing this summer.
“This is the first time since I moved to Alaska (in 1993) that I’m not going halibut fishing,” Hammers, a local magistrate, told me the other day.
While that might not necessarily mean much to some folks, it speaks volumes for Hammers, who ranks halibut fishing as one of his favorite things to do.
“I love halibut fishing,” he said. “I moved to Alaska to go halibut fishing.”
But when Hammers called the halibut charter company he usually books his trips with out of Homer a couple weeks ago, the price for a charter was $285, and that didn’t include a 7 percent sales tax in Homer, which puts the price at just more than $300.
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/may/22/gas-prices-may-mean-more-hiking-and-less-fishing-s/
“This is the first time since I moved to Alaska (in 1993) that I’m not going halibut fishing,” Hammers, a local magistrate, told me the other day.
While that might not necessarily mean much to some folks, it speaks volumes for Hammers, who ranks halibut fishing as one of his favorite things to do.
“I love halibut fishing,” he said. “I moved to Alaska to go halibut fishing.”
But when Hammers called the halibut charter company he usually books his trips with out of Homer a couple weeks ago, the price for a charter was $285, and that didn’t include a 7 percent sales tax in Homer, which puts the price at just more than $300.
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/may/22/gas-prices-may-mean-more-hiking-and-less-fishing-s/
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