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Peltola sponsors a bill to limit salmon bycatch. The pollock industry calls it 'unworkable'

The bill would restrict bottom trawling. Another would boost grants for research. But Peltola acknowledges Congress is unlikely to pass them.

Peltola sponsors a bill to limit salmon bycatch. The pollock industry calls it 'unworkable.'

The bill would restrict bottom trawling. Another would boost grants for research. But Peltola acknowledges Congress is unlikely to pass them.

Peltola introduces pair of fish bills to restrict bottom trawling, reduce bycatch

Representative Mary Peltola on May 22, 2024, introduced a pair of bills to restrict bottom trawling and reduce bycatch – the bipartisan ‘Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act,’ and the ‘Bottom

Alaska fishing organizations set dates for Fishermen's Expo

Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers

The debate is increasingly urgent, as subsistence harvesting bans continue and proposed fixes threaten to impose steep costs on industry.