> He would like to see pots, instead of hooks, introduced as a method for catching halibut I'm wonder if other countries in the area (Japan, the Koreas, Russia

> He would like to see pots, instead of hooks, introduced as a method for catching halibut I'm wonder if other countries in the area (Japan, the Koreas, Russia) allow pots, or have regulators who look the other way when a boat has pots. Seems like the whales deserve a break considering the Japanese position on whaling.