Alaska Members of Council Appeal Recusals that Could Change Halibut Bycatch Votes
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE] By DJ Summers - May 28, 2015
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will spend the first four days of its weeklong meeting in Sitka beginning June 3 deciding on a series of deep cuts in the halibut bycatch allocation for the Bering Sea groundfish bottom-trawl fleet, but it may do so without a majority of the votes on the final decision coming from the Alaska delegation.
The council, which has 11 members with six appointed from Alaska, could hold a final vote without two Alaska members, David Long and Simon Kinneen, unless the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, reconsiders its decision to recommend them for recusal.
The council is considering cuts of...
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