NOAA Fisheries Issues Final Rule for Abundance-Based Management of Halibut in the Bering Sea

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NOAA Fisheries Issues Final Rule for Abundance-Based Management of Halibut in the Bering Sea

Amendment 123 balances interests of two largest halibut user groups in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Area. NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to implement Amendment 123 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. The final rule establishes abundance-based management of Amendment 80 trawl sector prohibited species […]

Seafood Processing Plant in Seward Responding to COVID-19 Outbreak

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Seafood Processing Plant in Seward Responding to COVID-19 Outbreak

  ANCHORAGE – An employee at a seafood processing plant in Seward tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. OBI Seafoods, the operator of the plant, with support from the Seward Community Health Center, immediately began testing all 262 of the plant’s employees and implemented isolation protocols for its workforce in advance of contact tracing. The […]