Halibut and Black Cod Season Starts

Commercial fishermen will be permitted to catch up to 33 million pounds of halibut and 35 million pounds of black cod this year.

Tools

By KTVA CBS 11
Bio

Story Created: Mar 12, 2011 at 10:04 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Mar 13, 2011 at 6:03 PM AKDT

Nearly 1200 boats were expected to head out to sea today for the first day of Alaska’s halibut and black cod season.

Commercial fishermen are permitted to catch up to 33 million pounds of halibut and 35 million pounds of black cod in this year's harvest.

Alaska has one of the largest pacific halibut and black cod populations in the world. 

With less and less oil in Alaska pipelines, the fishing industry believes it will be able to shine for the state's economy this season.   

“Its wild Alaska fish,” says Tyson Fick, Communications Director for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. “There's no way to farm those fish that anybody's come up with yet, so the vast majority of the fish all comes from Alaska.”

A recent Northern economic study estimates the Alaska seafood industry brings in about 5 point 8 billion dollars a year.

Alaska halibut and black cod season runs through mid-November.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

KTVA CBS 11 | Anchorage, Alaska News and Weather and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.