BSAI Pollock Fleet Sees Higher Chinook Bycatch, but Still Well Under Limit; Gulf Fleet May Hit Cap
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - August 29, 2017
As of August 19, the chinook bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fleet reached 27,498 salmon, about 46 percent of the annual 60,000 chinook salmon allowed.
With 89 percent of the annual pollock TAC already caught (1.2 of 1.32 million mt), it’s unlikely the fleet will come close to the prohibited species catch (PSC) limit, or even approach the lower standard of 47,591 chinook.
But the catch of 27,498 salmon by the third week of August, with two and ahalf months of the season yet to go, is the highest the fleet has taken since 2011, when Amendment 91 was adopted by the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council.
It is more than double the last five year average of 12,616 chinook salmon...
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