In February, Minister Shea announced the details of the 2011 halibut fishery.
This decision follows the current policy developed by the Liberal Government in 2003 which capped the recreational harvest at 12 per cent until both parties could “develop an acceptable mechanism that will allow for adjustment of the recreational share through acquisition of additional quota from the commercial sector.”
Although Minister Shea and former Minister Hearn made it a high priority to facilitate talks between the sectors, no viable long-term transfer mechanism has been found to date.
Because