Title:
Copper Halibut Hook
Description:
Longliners fishing for halibut in Alaskan waters used "J" shaped hooks for nearly hundred years. In the 1980s a tuna fisherman from California introduced the circle hook. The impact on the halibut fishery was immediate once the fleet adapted the new hooks.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 75.10.2.36
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Copper halibut hook
Copper halibut hook
Copper halibut hook, tag
Copper halibut hook
Copper halibut hook
Copper halibut hook
Copper halibut hook, tag
Copper halibut hook