gamechanger
Well-Known Member
Hey everybody, just an fyi that Halibut is closing 23:59 on Sept 9.
Dart boardgamechanger, perhaps you know how DFO decide when the TAC has been achieved ?
Dart board
I think you guys missed Gamechanger's point which is we have to work within the existing licence regulations as it isn't possible to change catch and possession limits once the licences are printed and out in circulation. The point of the over/under restriction was to stretch the available TAC out as much as possible to gain everyone the longest season possible given the TAC. We accomplished that goal in a year where we had diminished TAC compared to prior years. Without the over/under regulation we would have been off the water in mid July, an even worse situation especially considering the catch data clearly demonstrates the biggest month for recreational halibut catch is August. An early closure would have dampened a lot of rec anglers vacation plans.
I do concur that there needs to be a better mechanism to actively share the catch data in season as it happens to increase the transparency of the decision process.
Regardless, closing hali is not a good situation for the recreational fleet and we need to work on better ways to secure greater TAC allocation.
Could be the commies are fishing closer to home,leaving less meat on the bones...Bull I say. The SCVI has been far from stellar for Hali since July...
Could be the commies are fishing closer to home,leaving less meat on the bones...