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A Trump appointee threatened sanctions on Canadian halibut exports if the country’s negotiators didn’t accept a cut to the British Columbia catch, according to multiple sources.
Scientists remain hopeful halibut will rebound, as in decades past. But they are unsure when that will happen.
An intensifying arms race between fishermen and the whales has crews testing cutting edge equipment.
The bottom trawl fleet accidentally catches and kills millions of pounds of halibut each year, stoking a fierce, long-running debate.
Scientists haven't reached a consensus about the forces that have driven down halibut stocks. But the decline is hitting the harvest hard.
