There's no timetable for resolution of the issue. Read more about NOAA's decision Wednesday at the Peninsula Clarion and at Alaska Dispatch. From the Clarion:
[NOAA spokeswoman Julie] Speegle said the original timeline would have NPFMC officials looking through the more than 4,000 comments made on the plan and developing a final rule to be published in December.
"It's unclear if we will be able to do that at this point," Speegle said.
Speegle was hesitant to say where that action left next summer's halibut fishery.
"There's too many factors and I wouldn't want to speculate on how likely that would be," she said of the plan being implemented in time for next year's management.




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