News Summary March 25, 2025
Today’s Top Story: Final 2025 Alaska Groundfish TACs Show Drop in Greenland Turbot, Slight Increase in Pollock
In our top story today, Peggy Parker reports on Alaska groundfish total allowable catches (TACs), which have been finalized for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), with the biggest year-over-year (YOY) decline in Greenland turbot and yellowfin sole. In all, TACs in the BSAI for 2025 remain at two million metric tons for over 20 species, from the perennially abundant Alaska pollock to the smallest volume-landed shortraker rockfish. However, this year, the pollock limit increased by 75,000 metric tons (mt) over 2024’s TAC to 1.375 million mt in the Bering Sea...
To Read Full Story Login Below.