Commission again sets Pacific halibut harvest at rock-bottom levels amid U.S.-Canada tensions

By: Hal Bernton

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 1,273

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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In partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times, Northern Journal has chronicled the long, steep decline in Pacific halibut. Reporter Hal Bernton filed this dispatch. The article is republished here with permission.

The International Pacific Halibut Commission set the 2026 harvest at a historic low during an annual meeting that drew a Trump Administration political appointee to lead tense U.S. negotiations with Canada over shares of a shrunken fishery.

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