Using bycatch: Advisory Council talks utilization; Public comments wanted

Donate it? Sell it? Keep it? Talks on utilizing AK bycatch begin on Mon., November 20.

by Laine Welch | November 14, 2023

Filed Under Bycatch | Management | Meetings

State is urged to begin taking measures to improve uses of bycatch

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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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