undercurrentnews.com, August 11, 2015 By Jeanine Stewart The O’Hara Corporation christened the first new vessel to join Alaska’s flatfish sector in nearly three decades this summer, marking a major milestone for the aging fleet and sending waves of excitement through...
JuneauEmpire.com [Letters], July 7, 2015 By Lori Swanson In Tuesday’s ‘My Turn’ feature, Mr. Grutter states that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council halibut bycatch reductions approved in June are a ‘non-action.’ He may be disappointed with the outcome, but...
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Journal of Commerce] , June 8, 2015 By DJ Summers SITKA — The North Pacific Fishery Management Council made its second controversial compromise of the year on June 7, again related to bycatch in the Bering Sea and again after lengthy,...
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...
