33:59 - 34:11
“We return halibut to sea, as quickly as possible with a minimum of injury, and we focus on trying to return larger halibut that have a higher viability to sea quickly.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 33:59 – 34:11
- Transcript
- NPFMC 280 Day 1 - October 8, 2026
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
Through the Chair, Ms. Kimball, so I think as folks are aware, we have a lot of systems on our vessels in order to minimize halibut bycatch, right? We have communication, we have excluders, and then a big tool that we use is deck deck sorting. So when, when you have a haul, fish come on board, you open the bag, we have a limited period of time during which we can deck sort. We return halibut to sea as quickly as possible with a minimum of injury, and we focus on trying to return larger halibut that have a higher viability to sea quickly. That greatly reduces the amount of halibut mortality.
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