SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [KUCB/Seafood.com], April 10, 2013 By Stephanie Joyce The National Marine Fisheries Service recently released a court-ordered draft environmental impact statement, intended to be the first step in resolving the decades-long debate over Steller sea...
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS, April 9, 2013 By John Sackton At the N. Pacific council meeting this past week, the council approved the industry favored option developed by the Amendment 80 fleet that will increase their flexibility to use quotas. The Amendment 80 fleet targets...
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [Alaska Journal of Commerce], March 5, 2013 By Molly Dischner At the N. Pacific Council meetings that concluded last week, one item considered was providing more flexibility in the Bering Sea flatfish harvest. Under the analysis the staff has been...
Ecological Applications, 22(3), 2012, pp. 762-777 © 2012 by the Ecological Society of America By Joshua K. Abbott and Alan C. Haynie Fisher behavior and the unintended consequences of spatial closures as a fishery management tool
To read about NOAA Fisheries scientists and partners like Alaska Seafood Cooperative and Bering Sea flatfish fishing industry members collaborated to modify the gear so it reduces the damage to important bottom habitat, click here.
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS, June 12, 2012 By John Sackton NMFS has announced an independent peer review panel contracted through the Center for Independent Experts (CIE) to consider the November 2010 biological opinion on the impact of groundfisheries on steller sea lions. The...
