Trawl stakeholders will be proposing improvements to existing performance standards with the focus on crab bycatch.
The Latest
NOAA Fisheries announces funding for 2024 bycatch reduction projects
AK 2023 winners: UW – reducing halibut bycatch in P-cod bottom trawl fishery; IPHC – minimizing whale takes in longline fisheries.
A 50-Year Situation: The Market Dynamic Between Fishing Fleets and Processors in Bristol Bay
“If you go back at least to the 1980s, the basic situation by which fish are bought and sold and prices are set has been pretty much the same.”
Bristol Bay 2023 salmon recap – Value to fishermen down 37% of 10 year average
Sockeye harvest higher than average; chums, coho, Chinook catches below average.
NY Times: This Alaska Mine Would Destroy the World’s Largest Salmon Fishery
NY Times writers point out Gov. Dunleavy’s push for Pebble Mine while a vast majority of Alaskans say “wrong mine, wrong place.”
10 killer whales taken as trawler bycatch – Where’s the outrage?
NOAA is “evaluating” the trawler whale takes. Any other fisherman/gear would immediately be arrested and fined thousands of dollars.
AK 2023 salmon catches top projections by 16%
AK’s salmon season is wrapping up with some fishing still underway.
Bristol Bay 2024 sockeye forecast down 32%
The 2024 sockeye projection for Bristol Bay would be well below the 10 year average.
State of AK, NPFMC oppose revisions to fishing laws, including bycatch regs
The word ‘bycatch’ does not even appear in the State of AK’s testimony to NOAA about its intent to modernize fishing regs.
Trawlers give new meaning to “getting whaled”
NOAA says it’s “unclear” about lethal takes of orcas by trawlers. “No comment.”
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