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The debate is increasingly urgent, as subsistence harvesting bans continue and proposed fixes threaten to impose steep costs on industry.
Recently the total rockfish harvest in Cook Inlet saltwater skyrocketed to over 50,000 fish a year — a 300% increase from the historical average.
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The plan has been in development for the last several years, with much contention between user groups and at least two lawsuits in the mix.
New controls on how fish are commercially harvested and more research to understand the effects of climate change in the ocean and in freshwater spawning grounds are some of the
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council moved this week to tie Pacific halibut bycatch limits for Bering Sea groundfish trawlers to abundance, which is expected to lead to immediate cuts to the trawlers.