Our Mission

To protect the sustainability of the Pacific halibut resource, ensure fair and equitable allocation of the halibut resource among all sectors, and promote rational management of the halibut fishery. 2009 Charter Lawsuit

Judge Collyer's Order and Memorandum Opinion Denying Halibut Charter TF Lawsuit (11/23/09) NEW Halibut Coalition Reply to CHTF Motion for Summary Judgment (8/24/09) DOJ Opposition to CHTF Motion for Summary Judgement (7/28/09) Halibut Coalition's Motion for Summary Judgement to Uphold One-halibut Rule in Area 2C (7/28/09) Judge Collyer's Rulings On Charter Halibut Lawsuit (6/25) Memorandum Opinion Re-Preliminary Injunction Order Re-Preliminary Injunction Scheduling Order Halibut Coaliton Reply to CHTF Opposition to HC Intervention (6/2/09) DOJ/NMFS Opposition to CHTF Motion for Preliminary Injunction (6/1/09) Halibut Coalition Brief Opposing CHTF Motion for Preliminary Injunction (6/1/09) The Halibut Coalition Speaks Out Halibut Coalition Speaks Out on Halibut Charter Moratorium Rule (6/4/09) Fact or Fiction? Halibut Fishing in Southeast Alaska (5/26/09) The One Halibut Per Day Charter Rule: The Facts (5/20/09)

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1) Letters to the Editor needed! The charter fleet has chosen to sue to overturn the one halibut per day rule. The rule is designed to keep the Area 2C charter fleet within its allotted quota. Show your support for the rule by writing a letter to the editor to the Anchorage Daily News and/or your local newspaper.

Need more information? Go to :http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/frules/74fr21194.pdf

2) Comments are due by June 5, 2009 on the proposed rule that would establish a limited access system for the halibut charter fleet in Areas 2C and 3A. The rule is designed to curtail the unrestricted growth in the charter fleet. Please send your comments to: Sue Salveson, Assistant Regional Administrator, NMFS Alaska Region, PO Box 21668, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668. By fax: (907) 586-7557. Or online at: www.regulations.gov. Be sure to ID comments as 0648-AW92.

Here is the link to the proposed rule.
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In the News:

• Coaliton Asks Council to Urge NMFS to Take Action to Keep 2C Charter Fleet Within GHL in 2010 (12/7/09) NEW

• Commercial fishermen face 26% decrease in halibut limit (12/15/09) NEW

• Halibut allocation battle to continue in Washington court (8/7/09)
  
  
• Halibut charters unlikely to win, D.C. judge says (6/26/09)
  
  
• Judge upholds one-fish limit for Southeast halibut charters (6/4/09)
  
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