...there was more to it than just heavy fishing. Climate was identified as a significant player by fisheries scientist Steven Hare in 1996. He linked the shifts in Alaska salmon runs to shifts in ocean-water temperatures and coined the phrase Pacific...

...said. "You see halibut going for two or three times the price of a New York steak." IPHC quantitative scientist Steven Hare said there could be a number of reasons halibut prices have gone up, but the decreased catch limits could definitely...