North Pacific Council Restricts Motherships in Bering Sea Trawl Cod Fishery
In a final action that was described as “too fast” and “incomplete” by critics and “difficult and very tough” by members of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the panel reduced the number of vessels that can act as motherships in the Bering Sea trawl cod fishery to only two: the Seafreeze Alaska owned by United States Seafood and the Katie Ann owned by American Seafoods.
The move left several vessels locked out of providing mothership services, including at least four that have established histories of taking trawl cod...
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