North Pacific Council’s Decision to Reduce Halibut Bycatch Comes Amid Unprecedented Turbulence
The action taken last Monday by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) to set Bering Sea halibut bycatch levels that will rise and fall with halibut abundance was made during a particularly turbulent time for the Council and for the ecosystems in the Bering Sea.
There are changes in the Bering Sea in recent years that have been unheard of in our lifetimes — massive sea bird die offs, undernourished northern fur seal pups, higher rates of unusual mortality events for whales — and now lower sizes of pollock ...
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