Obviously something needs to be done when the total pounds of halibut bycatch are greater than the total poundage of halibut caught by sports fisherman statewide...  In Canada they reduced the halibut and king bycatch by 70% by letting the trawlers fish when the pollock are not eating the crab larva. During the crab larva cycle there is a feeding frenzy on the ocean floor.  Kings and halibut are eating the baby crabs just like the pollock therefore the bycatch goes way up.