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Alaska lawmakers, residents ask feds to limit how much salmon industrial trawlers catch
In Western Alaska, local communities are ... Many residents point to the Seattle-based trawler fleets operating in the Bering Sea, which, while fishing for pollock, inadvertently capture large ...
Alaska's declining crab population due to trawlers catches attention of lawmaker
The Alaska Marine Conservation Council released a report in February 2023 analyzing the trawlers’ impact on ... More: Climb ...
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Debate over potential bycatch rules takes center stage at fishery council meeting
The issue pits a multibillion-dollar industry against Western Alaska subsistence communities struggling with record-low ...
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US pollock regulators take hard look at capping salmon bycatch in Bering Sea
We need to craft our approach to specifically addressing minimizing Western Alaska chum salmon, taking into account those times and areas of when they occur’ — Trent Hartill, American Seafoods ...