“While the council’s failure to rein in the pollock trawl fleet’s prolific bycatch and unpermitted dragging of the seafloor is frustrating, it is not surprising. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council process is not designed to allow for the nimble and...
Written comments on these supplemental proposals are encouraged to be submitted by December 30, 2022. However, written comments may also be submitted during the meeting. Comments can be submitted through the board’s website at http://www.boardoffisheries.adfg.alaska.gov. ...
Amendment 123 is consistent with the Council’s purpose and need statement for this amendment. It will prevent halibut PSC from becoming a larger proportion of total removals in the BSAI as halibut abundance declines. The Amendment 80 halibut PSC limit should...
Over the past 20 years, rural and especially indigenous communities have steadily lost access to Alaska’s fisheries, a loss that has eliminated commercial fishing from some communities and reduced subsistence access and food security across the State,” commented Linda Behnken, ASFT...
“So far, the Council has left Alaska Native traditional fishers and small boat directed fishermen to bear the burden of conservation while factory pollock trawlers catch, kill and throw away millions of crab, hundreds of thousands of chum, and tens of...
Director of Photography Austin Walsh and Filmmaker Blake Kresge filmed in Alaska for a week. The voiceover is a poem in the public domain called The Spell of the Yukon by Robert Service. It was read around a campfire by their...
“This is another great example of the strong partnership between the Coast Guard and NOAA OLE,” said LT Will Singletary, Naushon Commanding Officer. “Enforcing federal fisheries laws in Alaska by protecting living marine resources and ensuring fairness and sustainability in the...
