The Federal Subsistence Board announced last week that it's recommending the North Pacific Fishery Management Council significantly decrease the salmon bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea pollock fisheries. The Board voted at its May 3 - 4, 2011 meeting in Anchorage to propose a hard cap of 15,000 Chinook caught as bycatch in the Gulf, and a hard cap of 50,000 chum salmon in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.
During its April meeting, the Council adopted a preliminary preferred alternative of a prohibited species catch limit of 22,500 Chinook salmon for the western and central Gulf of Alaska pollock fisheries. The Council is scheduled to take final action on king salmon bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fishery during its June meeting in Nome. The Council will take final action on Bering Sea bycatch of chum salmon at its December meeting in Anchorage.
The Board also agreed with a federal recommendation that two subsistence suers be added to its membership. For more information, visit the links below:
http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1118federal_subsistence_board_wants_lower_salmon
During its April meeting, the Council adopted a preliminary preferred alternative of a prohibited species catch limit of 22,500 Chinook salmon for the western and central Gulf of Alaska pollock fisheries. The Council is scheduled to take final action on king salmon bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fishery during its June meeting in Nome. The Council will take final action on Bering Sea bycatch of chum salmon at its December meeting in Anchorage.
The Board also agreed with a federal recommendation that two subsistence suers be added to its membership. For more information, visit the links below:
http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1118federal_subsistence_board_wants_lower_salmon
http://aprn.org/2011/05/04/subsistence-board-pushing-for-hard-limits-on-bycatch/
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