Alaska Fish Board Rejects Chum Troll Proposal
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Daily Sitka Sentinel] By Shannon Haugland and Tom Hesse - March 3, 2015 -
One of the most hotly debated issues at this year's Board of Fisheries meeting was voted down Sunday morning.
Board members unanimously opposed Proposal 176 filed by the Chum Trollers Association that called for changes to the enhanced salmon allocation plan in Southeast.
The Chum Trollers Association said in its proposal that trollers aren't getting their share of hatchery salmon based on a plan put in place in 1994, and that the board should direct the Northern Regional Planning Teams, the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association and Douglas Island Pink and Chum to develop a new management plan.
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