The six-member Council will get to work setting priorities next Friday.

The six-member Council will get to work setting priorities next Friday.
No processors are interested in buying herring in 2023 and managers “do not expect this will change.”
Trawlers divert bycatch reduction discussions to ‘genetic origins’ of salmon. Do those going without care where the fish originate?
Conflicts of interest, inaction, lack of Native voices -the NPFMC has it all!
AK herring goes to a single buyer. The bulk of the harvest is considered as
bycatch.
Three nominees are forwarded but the ‘preferred’ name always gets the NPFMC seat.
Total 2023 North Pacific salmon catch could top 2.2 billion pounds.
The 6-member council will help turn bycatch recommendations into realities.
A sweeping array of emergency closures for sport and personal use fishing adds to AK salmon crisis.
Halibut catch limits are down in all AK regions for the 10 month fishery; allowable trawl bycatch tops sport charter takes.
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