Journalist Mike Campbell; I recommend you reach out to those who enforce the halibut regulations because you published incorrect information. A charter company is legally allowed to provide overnight charter halibut trips for their clients. The International Pacific Halibut Commission regulation IPHC28(3)(e) reads "A charter vessel  on which one or more anglers catch and retain halibut may only make one charter vessel fishing trip per calendar day," and if you read further, it reads "for the purposes of this trip limit, a charter vessel "fishing trip" ends at 11:59 p.m. Alt  on the same calendar day that the fishing trip began," OR WHEN any anglers or halibut are offloaded, which ever comes first.  Charter companies can still take their clients on overnight halibut fishing trips, but they may not retain more than 4 halibut which is the possession limit. IPHC28(1)(c) reads; "no person may possess more than two daily bag limits." The daily bag limit is 2 halibut per person.

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