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CHTF in Action
CHTF plays a key role in the upcoming period of 'public
comment' to the Secretary of Commerce as he decides whether to allow or reject the proposed one-halibut daily limit, by ensuring
that important legal issues are raised in that process.
If the Secretary of Commerce does not reject the proposed
rule, based on public comment against it, CHTF may decide to file a lawsuit again to try and stop this rule's implementation.
This fight will continue until there is a "Fair and Equitable" allocation of the halibut resource between
user groups. 85% commercial and 15% sport charter is not "Fair and Equitable".
Additionally, CHTF needs
to build a case against the NPFMC "Catch Sharing Plan". Implementation of this plan will result in a one fish
bag limit way into the foreseeable future and includes leasing fish from commercial fishermen if your guests want the opportunity
to catch a second fish. This plan is scheduled to go into effect as early as 2010. Are you or your guests willing to pay $100
or more for a second halibut and still face accusations that we are taking too much halibut?
Who's to say what
regulations limiting recreational fishing will be next?
CHTF plans to be present at the next IPHC meeting
in January, Vancouver, B.C.
Download and read the CHTF written comments to NPFMC for Southeast Alaska
Download and read the CHTF written comments to NPFMC for South Central Alaska
Economic Data Exists to Support Higher Recreational
Allocation
Economist Dr. Hans Radtke testfies to NPFMC that sufficient economic data exists
to support higher charter halibut allocation, contrary to what the NPFMC has stated in the past. "The [Keith Criddle, past member of the NPFMC Scientific Statistical Committee]
study found that benefit maximization occurs when the commercial sector has 71 percent and the recreational sector has 29
percent of the harvest pounds."
Economist Dr. Hans Radtke's testimony to NPFMC
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