Alaska's Sablefish Population Bigger Than Thought Due to Better Understanding of Whale Take
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - May 18, 2017
Finally, whales are being recognized as a "user group" for the highly-prized sablefish resource in Alaska.
The sablefish fleets in Southeast, Gulf of Alaska, and the Bering Sea have long known that killer whales and sperm whales are taking an increasing share of their sabelfish quota -- directly from the longline hooks -- but it has been a difficult problem to quantify.
It's made even trickier because while killer whales typically...
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