Today is the deadline for submitting proposals for regulatory changes to the International Pacific Halibut Commission.
The Seattle-based agency has posted the proposals it has received thus far. Check them out here.
Deckboss finds this one pretty interesting. It would make circle hooks the only legal gear in directed halibut fisheries, including commercial and charter fisheries.
The proposal says in part:
Halibut tend to swallow J hooks which can be impossible to remove without damaging the fish and treble hooks are very difficult to remove from a live fish and tend to catch in the gills and cause heavy bleeding. The circle hook is most likely to hook in the harder parts of the mouth just inside the jaw, cause little bleeding and is easily removed. The purpose of this regulation is to increase survivability among fish that are caught and released for whatever reason.
Hallows and Gallows
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| "Bring out your Dead" - Cycling Undertaker, Netherlands |
I hope everyone stayed high and dry during the past storm. The weekend is looking much better - cool and dry - so it's time for a final, post-Halloween, pre-Election, apocalyptic ride! We'll meet in Wayne at the Elementary School and work our way past the historic "Wing Ring" cemetery and up to Kents Hill, scene of an unsolved murder many years past, and we may stop at the Apple Shed and talk about what life will be like next Wednesday. Will there be a turnover? Apple or raspberry? Even if your taste by now may lean to hermits, come find out! We'll see you then!
Saturday, November 3rd - WAYNE
"Hallows and Gallows" - a post-Halloween ride featuring some historic cemeteries.
START: 10:30 AM at the Wayne Elementary School, 48 Pond Road, Wayne.
DISTANCE: 15-20 miles.
TERRAIN: moderate, creepy in spots.
HIGHLIGHTS: the Wing family cemetery, the Kents Hill orchard, perhaps a notorious historic crime scene, and other local haunts.
LEADER: Jim Merrick.
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