Agendas, minutes, audio and presentations for all past meetings are posted. Four task force meetings are scheduled for next week.
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Are too many pinks in the Pacific Ocean upsetting the ecosystem? A great read …
Salmon that get their start in AK hatcheries add up to one-third of the fishery’s total value. But are they straining the ocean’s carrying capacity?
NPFMC asks public for ideas to reduce Bering Sea crab deaths from fishing gear, rebuild stocks
NPFMC wants to hear from the public on crab protections; ok’s trawl bycatch numbers that top crab fleet’s catches
Kelp-based yarn nets nearly $18 million in investments for US company
The clothing industry is one of the earth’s biggest polluters. Kelp-based yarns and fabrics are a game changer.
NOAA could expand critical habitat area in AK to protect N. Pacific whales
Expansion overlaps with ‘productive fishing areas and hihg-volume maritime transit routes.’
AK is only US region that increased whale entanglements
Of the 53 fishing gear entanglements in 2020, eleven occurred in Alaska.
Copper from Pebble Mine will ‘help stop climate change’
Big mine developers (and big boats) are pushing a new PR pitch: we’re good for the planet!
Chum salmon again donated to W. AK where fishing is banned due to low returns
For the second year, locals must take salmon handouts instead of fishing for their own.
Climate caused snow crab crash, scientists say; NPFMC plans “more studies”
But the snow crab stock is “not subject to overfishing,” NPFMC says.
Some reactions to NPFMC lack of action on salmon bycatch
NPFMC opts for “rigorous research” and inclusion of tribal reps on a new “working group.”