Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers
The debate is increasingly urgent, as subsistence harvesting bans continue and proposed fixes threaten to impose steep costs on industry.
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The debate is increasingly urgent, as subsistence harvesting bans continue and proposed fixes threaten to impose steep costs on industry.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski will lead the hearing, set for 1 p.m. Friday at Bethel's Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. offices.
Increased electronic monitoring. A chum salmon bycatch cap for pollock trawlers. Protections for Kodiak Tanner crabs. Better estimates of halibut discards. Unobserved crab deaths caused by fishing gears. A review
The public has a lot to say about bycatch in Alaska’s fisheries…
The public has a lot to say about bycatch in Alaska’s fisheries…