West Coast's Pacific Ocean Perch Stock Declared Rebuilt, Will Lead to Higher Groundfish Catches
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Susan Chambers - December 12, 2017
The National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday formally approved Pacific ocean perch rockfish as rebuilt, giving West Coast shoreside and at-sea groundfish fleets a little breathing room for what has been a constraining species.
"There will be quite a bit more fish available, and that's good," Oregon Trawl Commission Director Brad Pettinger said.
As Seafood News reported in July, Pacific ocean perch -- or POP -- was decimated by foreign fleets off the West Coast prior to implementation of the...
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