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 [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...
undercurrentnews.com, March 9, 2015 By Jeanine Stewart Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fleets are staring down at what could be a shocking blow to revenues next year. The North Pacific Fishery Management (NPFMC) is considering halibut bycatch...