Battle Over Cod Allocations to Fishermen’s Finest Comes to Unalaska City Council
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton February 26, 2018
The North Pacific Seafood Industry is now engaged in a full scale inshore vs. offshore battle over access to Pacific Cod.
Although the second most valuable groundfish after pollock, a large portion of the Bering Sea Cod is an open “race for fish” fishery. Although pollock vessels are limited by sideboards, and the Amendment 80 vessels each have cod quota allocations, the catch of cod by catcher vessel trawlers, catcher vessel pot and longline, and jig fisheries are all unrationalized ...
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