“Public patience is wearing thin. If the fishing industry refuses to draw the line at the bottom, the public eventually will.”
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ADN Opinion: Alaska is sounding the alarm for fisheries in the US
As in Alaska, the Atlantic and Gulf of Maine is seeing massive industrial boats wreak havoc on small commercial and recreational fisheries.
Nat’l Fisherman: Deep sea mining in the Gulf of Alaska
The minerals are vital to AI development and guidance systems on fighter jets and missiles. Potential Gulf of AK impacts are unknown.
Seafoodnews.com: Farmed Fish Overtakes Wild Catch for First Time
Total aquaculture output tops a record 188 million tons in what world watchers call a “turning point” for global food systems.
Rep. Kevin McCabe: Are We Fishing, or Are We Mining
Start treating trawling as resource extraction. The extracted thing isn’t the point. As with mining, the place it comes out of is the point.
CBC News: Alaskan frustration grows over trawling during the Yukon River salmon moratorium
Trawlers have caught 20,197 Chinook salmon as bycatch so far this year in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.
Nat’l Fisherman: Groundfish industry cleans 55,935 pounds of nets for recycling
The plastic nets are repurposed into new products such as playground equipment, plastic lumber, outdoor furniture, garden tools – and protection for Ukrainians from explosive Russian drones.
Chinook Not to Be Listed Under the Endangered Species Act, Alaska Agrees
“Failing to meet an escapement goal is not evidence that a stock is at risk of extinction; rather it is a proactive management trigger to ensure stocks are not overfished,” Vincent-Lang said.
ADN Opinion: Trawling impacts everyone. Yes, it should be a key issue in Alaska’s elections.
Community Development Quotas are frequently used as an argument for keeping the current system in place. CDQ income is not a replacement for subsistence, nor does its current structure provide an economically or ecologically sustainable industry in rural communities.
SeafoodSource: Trump proposes $1.6 billion cut to NOAA; huge decrease for fisheries
Proposal includes a 33% decrease for NOAA Fisheries and “terminates a variety of Green New Scam programs” that “radicalize” against markets and “spread baseless environmental alarm.”