the tag sounds like a good idea.not only would it make it easier to get our catch numbers and it would also make it practical to separate the lodge and charter operatirs which took 69% of the recreational halibut catch in 2008 and then they are the ones (SFAB and SFI) screaming bloody murder when the season was closed because we had gone so far over our allowable catch.The comercial fleet left some fish inthe water but as they are allowed to carry over ten percent to be taken next year , the 850,000 lbs. the charter operations are saying is left in the water for conservation is really more like 20,000 lbs. If we had to buy a tag for each fish and were limited to a reasonable number and they were numbered and traceable like the commercial caught and tagged halibut I have bought in the past, then we could have more control on all under the table sales of our resource.I know two guys in the PG area ,each with 100,000 $ boats they paid for by selling their catch and now they make more than they ever did with these hi tech fishing machines, selling everything they catch.As long as the commercial guys are staying within their limits,we should be managed in such a way as to stay within ours before we start managing theirs. They are willing to sell or rent their holdings to us to help from what I have read. It's time for more respect for the resource so there will be fish for the generations to come.Halibut has been brought back from near extinction by the IPHC and is the world's best success story for a saved species.let's not demand to get the most we can at the expense of the fish.