Pacific Council Works Out West Coast Salmon Seasons Except in Puget Sound During Contentious Meeting
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Susan Chambers - April 15, 2016
A long week of salmon season negotiations in Vancouver, Wash., resulted in seasons for ocean fisheries but no resolution for Puget Sound fisheries in Washington. Generally, commercial fishermen across the West Coast are faced with overall reductions of less than half of what they could catch in 2015.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies finalized ocean quotas and season structures Thursday...
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