Karla Bush

Federal trawl habitat model lacks data on some state fisheries, board members told

State reviews Bering Sea crab catch calculations Wednesday

“The state is responsible for setting the total allowable catch, or the TAC, for the open fisheries so that all removals remain below the acceptable biological catch, or ABC.”

Pollock trawlers shut out of central Bering Sea area after hitting herring bycatch limit

“The herring savings areas are based on herring migration data from the 1980s and may no, may no longer reflect the current seasonal distribution of herring. In recent years, pollock fishery participants have encountered herring at different rates, times, and locations than historically occurred.”