NOAA charts and tables show that the bulk of Alaska’s groundfish, bycatch and profits are taken by Outside factory trawlers
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ADF&G x 2, lack of fishing stakeholders on NPFMC draws “balance” concerns
Two ADF&G seats “reflects the continued loss of independent stakeholder perspectives” and “continues a broader shift away from active fishermen and community-based representatives on the Council.”
Dr. Braxton Dew: Science or Scam – NOAA Fisheries Gaslighting
Fishery disaster funds are only available if it’s agreed that the crabs died from “natural” or undetermined causes. Any “man-made” causes within the control of fishery managers are not eligible for compensation.
Expana: NOAA Directs $123.6M in Fishery Disaster Funds to Alaska, West Coast, and Squaxin Island Tribe
The disaster applies to 2023/24 Bering Sea snow crab. Meanwhile, the NPFMC increased the trawl bycatch allowance for that season and tripled the bycatch for 2025/26.
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.
Seafoodnews.com: AK, WA Governors Tap Two for NPFMC While NOAA Head Urges More Industry Members on Councils
Marit Carlson-VanDort, current chair of AK Board of Fisheries, is Dunleavy’s top choice; Jamie Goen is WA choice for a second term.
“F#ck you, Laine! I’m tired of your $hit!”
That’s the response this week by Oregon trawl rep and NPFMC advisor Heather Mann when pressed about “midwater” trawl gear fishing hard on bottom.
Chum cap on Bering Sea pollock trawlers: Two write-ups
A chum cap and a fishing corridor — two takes on the NPFMC’s action to reduce salmon bycatch by pollock trawlers.
Kodiak Daily Mirror: Council decision could reshape Alaska pollock fishery
NPFMC set to take final action on trawl chum bycatch; Report claims trawl-funded study overstates local pollock benefits and downplays ecosystem and cultural costs.
Alaska Beacon: Our salmon are vanishing — and the State of Alaska is letting it happen
“It is the choice of the State Administration to, with one hand, give trawlers a permission slip to kill hundreds of thousands of salmon offshore, while the other hand closes our subsistence fisheries and criminalizes us for feeding our families.”