# The Weekly Catch: Must Read News for the Week

*Published:* 2010-04-02
*Author:* EDF Oceans

[![Halibut Illustration](https://blogs.edf.org/edfish/wp-content/blogs.dir/18/files/2010/04/halibut2-300x177.jpg "Halibut")](https://blogs.edf.org/edfish/wp-content/blogs.dir/18/files/2010/04/halibut2.jpg)HalibutThis week’s news catch brings in two great pieces — an article from ***[The Seattle Times](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011494392_halibut1m.html)*** and an editorial from *[**Cape Cod Times**](http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100401/OPINION/4010326/-1/NEWSMAP)*. Both pieces point toward **[catch shares](http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=48250&redirect=catchsharesaction)** as a solution to end overfishing. Hal Bernton of *The Seattle Times* reports on the prosperous health of the pacific halibut fishery since its transition to catch share management. *Cape Cod Times* recognizes some of the fishing industry’s hesitation to move to sector-based catch share management in New England, but rightly states, “The new system is not what’s causing the industry’s pain; the overfishing of the past is.”

**[“For tradition-rich halibut fisherman, the future looks prosperous”](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011494392_halibut1m.html)**  
The Seattle Times, Thursday, April 1, 2010 – By Hal Bernton

**[“Protect the Resource”  ](http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100401/OPINION/4010326/-1/NEWSMAP)**Cape Cod Times, Thursday, April 1, 2010 – Editorial