June 24, 2020 — Crippled ferry service, COVID-19, and flailing Japanese markets have hurt the Alaska halibut and black cod seasons.
Alaska’s halibut fleet fished on allocations of 16.08 million pounds, but deliveries as of early May stood at just 1.46 million pounds, with the brunt of them coming out of harvest area 3A. The season opened on 14 March and will run until 15 November, with supply volumes to market lagging in the early season thanks to crippled state ferry service and the COVID-19 virus.
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