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Pacific Fishery Management Council adopts 2026 halibut catch‑sharing plan, recommends April 1 California start
Summary
The Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously adopted final 2026 commercial and recreational Pacific halibut catch‑sharing plan (CSP) recommendations and related regulations and recommended an April 1 start date for California recreational subareas; council staff will transmit the recommendations to NMFS and notify the IPHC.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on its December session unanimously adopted final recommendations for the 2026 commercial and recreational Pacific halibut catch‑sharing plan (CSP) and associated annual regulations, including a recommendation that California recreational subareas open as early as April 1.
Heather Hall of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife moved the measure, asking the council to adopt the proposed 2026 season structures and the CSP changes shown in supplemental attachment 3 and to recommend…
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