Western Alaska Users Call on Council to Adopt 60% Reduction in Chinook Salmon By-catch at April Meeting
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews.com] April 2, 2015
Five major groups from Western Alaska – the Association of Village Council Presidents, Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association, Kawerak, Incorporated, Tanana Chiefs Conference and the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association – sent a letter to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council this week calling on them to reduce bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fisheries. The Council is slated meet in Anchorage next week, and the coalition outlined steps the Council should take to achieve the greatest possible levels of bycatch reduction, including reducing the current cap and performance standard by 60 percent in times of low abundance.
The groups say "Every single Chinook salmon is critical to the future and the rebuilding of these historic runs ...
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