If NPFMC won’t review trawl Chinook cap request, NOAA will

Five tribal groups request a cap of zero Chinook salmon as bycatch in the pollock trawl fishery...although some of their boats are part of the problem.

by Laine Welch | January 26, 2024

AK Tribes request emergency rule-making for the Bering Sea pollock trawl fishery

“From our perspective, it seems like what’s occurred over the last couple of years is you have a pollock fishery and everything has to work around their catch–-everything.”
TIM BRISTOL, SALMONSTATE

Alaska 2026 Salmon Season down 45%; dock prices sky-rocket

A salmon shortfall in Alaska, and predictions of tight wild salmon supplies globally, pushed up dock prices to the highest levels seen in decades.

It takes guts to talk fish!

Candidates for AK governor and US Congress to debate fisheries issues at Kodiak; Dave Bronson doesn’t take the bait

AK pink salmon catches/prices surge; overall harvest falls short

AK fishermen get highest pink prices since 1988; all prices soar as global supplies face a squeeze.

David Bayes: Watch Where Seattle’s Trawl Money Hides

Are CDQ groups being used as “political camouflage” by large industrial Outsiders as they fight fishing reforms from behind the names of Alaska villages?

NOAA announces 2026 grants aimed at reducing bycatch

Major emphasis is on proposals that include “proactive and meaningful engagement with the fishing industry” in designing projects.

About Laine

Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She also has worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and on Cape Cod.

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