...prevent overfishing." The proposal would reduce bag limits for halibut for several weeks of the summer. The international halibut commission - composed of three U.S. and three Canadian officials - began deliberating in Victoria, British Columbia...

...year in a row, the 2004 fishing season began about two weeks earlier - a controversial decision by the International Halibut Commission prompted by Pacific coast fishermen's fear of looming competition from halibut farming. Fish farms have...