A news brief of Jan, 8 entitled “Bycatch Limits Announced for Salmon Troll Fishery” detailed bycatch
allowances for various species or species groups, and said in part that there
is no limit on incidental harvest in other rockfish, sablefish and other
groundfish fisheries.
There is no limit on incidental harvest of other rockfish
and other groundfish taken in state waters. The state does have definite limits
set for incidental bycatch of other Southeast rockfish, sablefish and groundfish
fisheries.
Also bycatch allowance for sablefish is zero. For demersal
shelf rockfish, the bycatch allowance is 10 percent, and for spiny dogfish, 35
percent.