News Summary October 4, 2017
Today's Main Story: Stunning Preliminary Report Shows Gulf of Alaska Cod Stocks Down By a Third From Expected Levels
Today's lead item reports that preliminary numbers showing the lowest estimate ever of Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska shocked committee members at the North Pacific Council meeting. The report showed that cod year classes for 2012 and 2013 were essentially wiped out and failed to show up in the survey. The disappearance of these year classes coincided with the extended period of high water temperatures in the Gulf of Alaska in 2014 to 2015. This was the time the “blob” was off the Pacific Coast ...
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