When I went to school, the boat I fish crab with went out halibut fishing. You're right on the numbers. It was even a bit more. The price was $9 last year, and it was about $7.50 for the lease. This year the price for halibut has gone down to about $7, and then the lease has been adjusted accordingly to $5.50, so it seems that it's just adjusting to whatever people will go to fish for. It's just shifting. I'm not sure what the percentage would be.
I haven't wanted to go halibut fishing, because it's a lot of work, and people just aren't getting paid enough for the back-breaking, long, and really dangerous work.
I've put my hands up because I couldn't go to school.