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,...
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...
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...
