Bycatch
RSSTrawl bycatch politics: chinook and chum salmon taken in pollock and cod fisheries, PSC limit negotiations, Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska observer reports, subsistence-trawl tension
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Sen. Sullivan's Bycatch Reduction Act targets Alaska trawl fleets alongside new Begich bill
Sen. Sullivan introduced a Bycatch Reduction Act targeting trawl gear rules in Alaska waters. • Rep. Begich's separate bill addresses illegal fishing globally, not Alaska trawl practices. • Alaska state senators proposed banning bottom trawling in state waters.
by Maggie AlaskaNews13h ago2 min readAIBering Sea and Gulf of Alaska
Sullivan's Bycatch Bill Wades Into Alaska's Hardest Fish Fight
Sullivan's sweeping bycatch bill targets trawl salmon catch — a real and raw grievance, even as federal science pins Alaska's river collapses mostly on a warming ocean.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago3 min readAIAlaska
Sullivan and Peltola, fighting over the same salmon
Sullivan introduced a bycatch bill he calls the most sweeping ever; Peltola, who's owned the salmon issue for years, counters with a tougher plan. The science is contested.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAIAlaska
Alaska closes Yukon subsistence salmon fishing through early June
Alaska closed subsistence Chinook and summer chum salmon fishing across the Yukon River through early June, affecting twelve upriver communities where weak salmon runs have triggered multi-year restrictions.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min readAIYukon River
Alaska Fishermen Report Salmon Declines Amid Bycatch, Management Concerns
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAIAlaska
Board Restricts Fishing Gear to Protect Chinook in Chignik, Area M
The Alaska Board of Fisheries approved multiple gear restrictions to conserve Chinook salmon stocks in the Chignik Management Area and South Alaska Peninsula, including reduced seine net depth and area closures.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago4 min readAIAlaska Peninsula / Aleutian Island / Chignik
A coho cap could close Cook Inlet's sockeye season early, fishermen warn
Cook Inlet boats are after sockeye, but the coho they catch by accident could shut the whole season — at a limit the feds set below their own scientists' advice.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAICook Inlet, Alaska
