Bristol Bay Fisheries Collaborative: A Successful Inaugural Year Keeping Salmon Management Funded
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Peggy Parker - December 19, 2017
Four years of declining budgets for ADF&G prompted a group of stakeholders in Bristol Bay to form a coalition to reestablish Fish and Game’s ability to manage the crucial sockeye salmon fisheries there.
The processors, fishermen, tribal members, scientists, shippers, and others formed the Bristol Bay Fisheries Collaborative (BBFC), a grass-roots initiative born in 2016 with a goal of rebuilding management capacity lost due to budget cuts, better utilize in fish stocks, and maintain important long-term datasets.
Their first annual report, authored by Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute (BBSRI), was released Monday.
Within eight months of signing the MOA, $687,539 was pledged to fund salmon monitoring projects for the 2017 season,” wrote Michael Link, executive director of the BBSRI....
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