Jon Kurland is the new U.S. government commissioner on the International Pacific Halibut Commission.
Kurland heads the National Marine Fisheries Service in Alaska.
He fills the IPHC seat previously occupied by Glenn Merrill, who was a high-ranking official in the NMFS Alaska office before leaving for the private sector.
Sorry, but I'm convinced NMFS wants to kill off the halibut fishery like they did with the crab fisheries.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The fishing intensity is too high during an era of historically low abundance.
ReplyDeleteAnd you guys are fish scientists who truly know what you're talking about? How about another beer, and let's start talking World Series instead.
ReplyDeleteHow about another destroyed fishery under NMFS management!
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