CDFW Seeks Public Input on California’s Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery
![Halibut {Photo from CDFW]](https://kymkemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pacific-halibut-0222.jpeg)
Halibut {Photo from CDFW]
Press release from CDFW:
California stakeholders are invited to submit angler preferences for open fishing dates for the 2024 recreational Pacific halibut season via an online survey. Survey results will be used to develop the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) recommendations to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for the 2024 season. The survey should take approximately two minutes to complete and will remain open until midnight on February 21, 2024, and can be found online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
r/KPDDVQP. Per NMFS’ proposed 2024 Catch Sharing Plan, California recreational fisheries will be allocated 38,220 net pounds, with 500 pounds set aside for the area south of Point Arena.
Season dates, daily bag and possession limits and gear restrictions that apply to recreational Pacific halibut fishing off California will continue to be specified in Title 14, Section 28.20.
For more information on the Pacific halibut fishery in California, visit CDFW’s Pacific Halibut webpage.
Join the discussion! For rules visit: https://kymkemp.com/commenting-rules
Comments system how-to: https://wpdiscuz.com/community/postid/10599/
Democracy in sport fishing.
Why are the anglers getting to decide? I dont trust the CDFW or NMFS to use this info in any useful way to anglers. Maybe use it against them.
Bingo! Any info you give them will absolutely be used for more restrictions. Haven’t turned in a steelhead punch-card in years. If they knew how many I fish I catch(and release) they would shut down every river in the county lol
What about opening near shore rock fishing? Not worth $300 charter for one halibut, likely less than 10#
Fish and GAME will study them to death just like they have done with the salmon and steelhead
“Studies” are the newest scam the government/organised crime uses to bilk money out of taxpayers…
You nailed that one friend!
Take the halibut down to the fish cop parking lot and grill them. Invite the CHP. Oh…that’s right…they’ll be busy patrolling the safety corrider!
Never mind then.
I think someone tried to grill the halibut on the burned vehicles in the CDFW parking lot. The CHP have nothing to do with fish and wildlife restrictions.