1. Alaska state officials say they have followed the rules, set catch limits to rebuild stocks and provided complete data. 2. But as a precaution, they have drastically reduced catch limits. 3. Canadian officials have placed a catch limit of two walleye on Minnesotans coming over to fish. 4. Catch limits for the South Atlantic are also being discussed, although the larger Pacific swordfish population is healthier. 5. Fishermen say they are constrained by catch limits, but Judge Gladys Kessler of District Court said current rules had not restored depleted stocks. 6. Strict catch limits are enforced and a huge no-crabbing zone has been established in a part of the bay near Tangier. 7. The catch limit on chinook off the west coast of Vancouver Island has been halved from four per day to two per day. 8. The legal catch limit is five. 9. The proposal may also reduce fishing days and catch limits, and declare new expanses of ocean off-limits. 10. The sport catch limit on coho in Georgia Strait will be cut from four fish to two. |