Duncan Fields, a local with several decades of experience in fishing and seafood processing, is the newest member of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s Board of Directors.
The mayor of Kenai, a Ninilchik charter boat captain and a Homer-based fisherman are among 11 governor-appointed members to a new task force on bycatch a hot-button issue that’s snagged stakeholders in Alaska’s fisheries for years.
Bycatch has been on everyone’s mind for months now. Between the collapse of the salmon population in the Yukon River and discussions at the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, people
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is once again considering halibut bycatch reductions, with millions at stake for the groundfish trawl fleet.