The Seattle-based trawl fleet faces new economic threats in the debate over Bering Sea halibut fishing rules Seattle Times [Opinion], June 2, 2015 By Chris Woodley IN Sunday’s guest column, the Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association referred to trawl fishing as a...
Alaska Dispatch News [Commentary], May 28, 2015 By John Gauvin As a fishery scientist who has worked for more than 20 years with trawl fishermen to reduce salmon, crab and halibut bycatch, I find the recent rhetoric around proposed North Pacific Fisheries Management...
Council’s decision is likely to cost Alaskan jobs Alaska Business Monthly [Op-Ed], May 19, 2015 By Andrew Murphy I have been an Alaskan since 1996. I live and work in Dutch Harbor and have built a labor and equipment company providing services to the Amendment 80...
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Letters], May 15, 2015 By Chris Woodley In keeping with our policy on Halibut, both Peggy and I have comments on this letter from Chris Woodley, who is Executive Director of the Groundfish Forum representing the Amendment 80 fleet: John Sackton: I...
SEAFOODNEWS.COM, May 5, 2015 By Peggy Parker and John Sackton Note: Peggy and John come at the halibut bycatch issue from different perspectives and backgrounds. Peggy, in addition to being Science and Sustainability Editor for SeafoodNews, is Executive Director of...
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) is pleased to announce the Alaska Flatfish fishery completed the Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) annual audit. The Alaska Flatfish fishery was originally certified in December 2013. The objective of the audit...
