Stakeholders worry after profanity prompts federal fisheries council to tighten comment policies Posted by Sage Smiley | May 5, 2021 Members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council at their April 2021 meeting. (Screenshot from Adobe Connect) The council that manages Alaska’s federal fisheries has tightened its public comment policies. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council says recent profanity injected into the fish debate prompted the move. Some fishermen and community organizers say that’s a bunch of bull. Listen to the story here. For all the controversy and high-strung emotion that can accompany fisheries decision-making bodies, the federal council that manages fisheries in the North Pacific says it hadn’t