Alaska Trollers Say Salmon Commission's 46% Chinook Quota Cut Will Cost Harvesters $12 Million
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Cordova Times] by Margaret Bauman - June 29, 2015
A decision by the Pacific Salmon Commission to cap this summer's Alaska harvest of king salmon at 237,000 fish, down from 440,000 fish a year ago, is prompting outrage from the Alaska Trollers Association.
"This year's quota shines a bright light on a treaty agreement that is not working for Southeast Chinook fishermen and communities," said Dale Kelley, executive director of the Alaska Trollers Association.
"For over 30 years trollers have paid the price of habitat destruction in the Pacific Northwest," Kelley said June 26.
"The stocks we've worked hard to rebuild are now returning in record numbers, yet Alaska is being held to a pitifully low quota that failed to recognize that abundance. Trollers are losing faith that they will ever see a fair shake in this process."
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