Alaska Halibut....!!!!

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I did a little more research after I read your reply Riverdog, I was really low, i think remembered a mortality rate % rather than a total harvest percent. According to the IPHA, about 20% of total alaska harvest is sport caught, but when the bycatch is added in after the estimated mortality rate, about 9-12% of the halibut actually estimated to be killed are sport caught. This is statewide info from 2003-2009 according to the adfg. The percent in Southeast probably is higher for sportfish. Good luck halibut fishing down there...doing any salmon fishing?
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