SeafoodSource.com, June 10, 2015 By Christine Blank, contributing editor Flatfish catcher-processors are worried about the impact on their business and jobs in the sector after the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to reduce halibut bycatch by 25 percent....
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 [Opinion], February 16, 2015 By Capt. TJ Durnan Folllowing is a letter to the editor by Capt. TJ Durnan, skipper of the the F/V Constellation a member vessel of the Amendment 80 fleet. Capt. Durnan writes about the measures the fleet has taken to...
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Opinion], January 28, 2015 By Chris Woodley Chris Woodley is the executive director of Groundfish Forum, which represents most of the Amendment 80 fleet With recent evidence showing a possible decrease in the Bering Sea halibut fishery allocation this...
Pacific Fishing [Commentary], January 2015 By Chris Woodley Click here to read what Chris Woodley, Executive Director of Groundfish Forum says about halibut bycatch and discard mortality.