The Alaska State Board of Fisheries this week will consider four proposals that would eliminate or reduce bycatch in the Prince William Sound “midwater” trawl fishery, which has zero observers and regularly bycatches bottom-dwelling species, potentially violating state law CORDOVA, ALASKA—The Alaska State Board of Fisheries is this week set to consider four proposals that […]
This week the federal government shut down the harvest of all polluck in the Gulf of Alaska after two fishing vessels took over 2,000 chinook from the region as bycatch. The news drew immediate condemnation against the two Kodiak vessels that ended the fisheries for 20 vessels in the region. The incident took place as […]
WASHINGTON – Wednesday, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) introduced a pair of bills to restrict bottom trawling and reduce bycatch – the bipartisan Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act and the Bottom Trawl Clarity Act. “Since coming to Congress, I’ve worked to make fish and fishing policy the issue of national importance it deserves to be,” said Rep. […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 26, 2019, through 1200 hours, A.l.t., April 1, 2019, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, […]