Mr. Owen Bird at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On March 31st, 2015. See this statement in context.

March 31st, 2015 / 12:55 p.m.

Executive Director, Sport Fishing Institute of British Columbia

It is quite low.

It depends on the species and there are definitely allowances for that, or there's an appreciation for those mortalities. On the catch and release of large salmon, for example, it's in the order of 10%. On halibut, it's probably more in the order of 2%—very low—but those numbers are inputted into harvest rates as well.

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