Nicole Kimball
21:18 - 21:40
"this movement toward electronic monitoring. That was a huge improvement that's fairly recent that allows you to do a better census of all fish, not just salmon. The industry I know is working on a chum excluder. The Chinook excluders are already required."
“this movement toward electronic monitoring. That was a huge improvement that's fairly recent that allows you to do a better census of all fish, not just salmon. The industry I know is working on a chum excluder. The Chinook excluders are already required.”
- Speaker
- Nicole Kimball
- Timestamp
- 21:18 – 21:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- September 8, 2026
From the transcript
I guess, and I don't speak for the pollock fishery, but what I see is, you know, this movement toward electronic monitoring. That was a huge improvement that's fairly recent that allows you to do a better census of all fish, not just salmon. The industry I know is working on a chum excluder. The Chinook excluders are already required. Chum are different.
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