New home in Mission Bay for thousands of halibut

[webmaster]

 

[moonshine]

A great spot to release them.

 

[Skyhook]

It was mentioned halibut numbers in So Cal are about 14% of their historic totals and that stocks are somewhat depleted. Would CADFW consider reducing the daily limit to two or three instead of just leaving the five fish limit in place?

 

[Ken Jones]

Just hope they survive and grow

 

[TheFrood]

So basically this means that all the poachers will be fishing Mission Bay in the near future?

 

[moonshine]

I find it interesting how the new halibut develop the migrating eye. Note how often the eye shifts from left to right or right to left:

• Right-eyed predominance: The vast majority of Pacific halibut are "right-eyed," meaning both eyes are on the right side of their head.
• Rare left-eyed individuals: Left-eyed halibut are extremely rare, reportedly occurring in a ratio of about 1 in 20,000. In these cases, the eyes and dark pigment are on the left side of the body.
• California Halibut: California halibut can be either right-eyed or left-eyed, with approximately 60% being left-eyed dominant.

 

[moonshine]

https://youtube.com/shorts/HIKMnfwQWEk?si=dgXJ0BpemqmeWBZ9

 

[Ken Jones]

A catch at the Balboa Pier back in 2003 where the angler caught both a right-eyed (top) and left-eyed halibut (bottom).

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