NMFS Requests Industry Cooperation to Avoid Sablefish in the At-Sea Whiting Fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Susan Chambers - May 31, 2018
The National Marine Fisheries Service is soliciting voluntary cooperation from the at-sea whiting sectors to decrease sablefish bycatch, not even a month into the season.
NMFS estimates that bycatch of sablefish North of 36° N. latitude in the at-sea whiting fishery is accumulating at a higher than anticipated rate for 2018, according to an industry notice. As of May 30, 2018, the estimated bycatch of sablefish north of 36° N. lat. was approximately 26 metric tons, more than ...
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