Great article, well documented and reasoned. 

On the barn-door halibut, the canneries/fish buyers pay significantly more for the monster fish. That should be stopped. Maybe a rule to release all halibut of 58" or greater (~100#)- would be a problem for commercial long liners, but the giant spawning females should be let go to spawn their 20,000 or so eggs.

Issue is, can common sense conservatism & stewardship trump the commercial interests?