Alaska coastal communities will get a bit of an economic boost in 2021 from increased catches of Pacific cod.
The stock, which crashed after a multi-year heat wave starting in 2014 wiped out several year classes, appears to be rebounding throughout the Gulf of Alaska.
No cod fishery occurred at all this year in federally managed waters (from three to 200 miles out) where the bulk of the harvest is taken, and a catch of under six million pounds was allowed in state managed waters (out to three miles).
For 2021, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council set the federal cod catch at just over 38 million pounds and nearly 11.7 million pounds for the state. While itâs a bump up, managers caution that the stock remains very low.
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Dec. 21, 2020 13:51 GMT
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Coastal communities in the US state of Alaska will get a bit of an economic boost in 2021 from increased catches of Pacific cod. The stock, which crashed after a multi-year heat wave starting in 2014 wiped out several year classes, appears to be rebounding throughout the Gulf of Alaska [.]
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Evridge holds a master’s degree in Natural Resource and Applied Economics from the University of Fairbanks and commercially fished from 2003 through 2008.
“I am excited to work for an organization dedicated to realizing our state’s full potential. Alaska’s economic, social, and political challenges have been further amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an opportunity to define the future of our state, and I look forward to doing my part,” he said.
The Alaska Ocean Cluster also hired Taylor Drew Holshouser as its director of Business Development. He has worked for the federal government and the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute, where he remains a Research Fellow covering the socioeconomic implications of a warming Arctic and supports the Institute’s Arctic Infrastructure Inventory. Holshouser studied the history of Arctic exploration and economic development at Yale University, completing a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities in 2018