Trawlers will propose “gear revisions” at NPFMC workshop on Oct. 2 Trawl stakeholders will be proposing improvements to existing performance standards with the focus on crab bycatch.
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.”