Squid Fishery Proposed for Southeast Alaska as Waters Warm
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Juneau Empire] By KEVIN GULLUFSEN - December 18, 2017
As squid follow warmer waters to Alaska, Board of Fisheries considers a new money maker
Following warmer waters to Alaska, market squid may be here to stay and at least four Southeast fishermen think there’s enough here to begin catching and marketing them.
A proposal to create a squid fishery in Southeast is slated for the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting Jan. 11-23 in Sitka. If adopted, the board would work with fishermen and stakeholders to develop a purse seine fishery for market squid, which are already being caught in lucrative fisheries in California and Oregon.
Four fishermen currently hold “commissioner’s permits” to test a market squid fishery in Southeast, Alaska ...
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