It was all cons and no pros regarding the sale of bycatch halibut by trawlers during an Alaska Bycatch Advisory Council Tuesday. The Council’s Bycatch Utilization Subcommittee met to continue
Increased electronic monitoring. A chum salmon bycatch cap for pollock trawlers. Protections for Kodiak Tanner crabs. Better estimates of halibut discards. Unobserved crab deaths caused by fishing gears. A review
About 85 members of Kodiak’s fishing fleet turned out Tuesday to talk crab, halibut and salmon bycatch with Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang.
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