Rachel Baker
Vice Chair · North Pacific Fishery Management Council
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Juneau, Alaska
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North Pacific fishery council will consider new proposals at only two meetings a year
The council that shapes Alaska's federal fishery rules will consider new proposals only twice a year, saying it's short on staff. One critic called it a muzzle.
Alaska closed its Bering Sea scallop grounds after the two-boat fleet hit the cap
“state management of the scallop resource using area-specific GHLs, guideline harvest levels, continues to be conservative in terms of our management structure.”
A court struck down a fishery council's power. Alaska's council has the same one.
A court found a Gulf fishery council's veto unconstitutional — and Alaska's council holds the same power, behind the CDQ program and other fishing regimes.
North Pacific council demands OLE justify enforcement fees billed to Alaska catch-share programs
North Pacific Fishery Management Council ordered NOAA to prove fees charged to Alaska catch-share programs are actual incremental costs, not general agency overhead.
