Nicole Kimball

Bering Sea pollock fleet nears its 2026 limits as salmon bycatch debate continues

“a 1.9% impact on those western Alaska runs”

State says genetics funding enabled first Western Alaska chum bycatch cap

“The vast majority are hatchery fish from Russia and Asia. And that makes for a more difficult management problem because you're trying to reduce your impacts on western Alaska chum, but you don't care as much about Russian and Asian hatchery fish.”

Pollock official puts bycatch impact on Western Alaska runs at 1.9%