North Pacific Council Sees Latest Efforts to Tie Bycatch in the Bering Sea to Halibut Abundance
This week the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council will see and hear from scientists, fisheries managers, and stakeholders on recent model results, a new landscape from motions made last February, and from the fleets that target flatfish and sole but sometimes catch halibut and the fleets that target halibut directly.
This is a story that could be described as yawn-inducing “inside baseball” but how the mostly-Alaska council decides could set a precedent for bycatch management in other areas of the nation and ...
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