IPHC News Release 2017-27 Sport Fisheries: California Closure

8 September 2017

SPORT FISHERIES: California Closure

Closed: California’s Pacific halibut sport fishery – The preliminary catch estimate for California’s Pacific halibut sport fishery through 3 September 2017 is 31,422 pounds, leaving an estimated 3,158 pounds to be harvested. As a result, the California Pacific halibut sport fishery will close at the end of the day (23:59 PDT) Sunday, 10 September 2017. This fishery will then be closed for the remainder of 2017.

More information is available on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) website:
https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/recreational-pacific-halibut-fishery-to-end-sunday-sept-10/.

Due to the short notice nature of this notification, it is posted to our website only, and no paper copy has been mailed out.

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CA Sport Closure

8 September 2017

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