OPINION: Alaskans Will Become Collateral Damage if Legislature Intervenes in Fisheries Management
As a fishery analyst for the Aleutians East Borough, I am uniquely positioned at the busy intersection where fishermen, fishing communities, processors, managers, researchers and policymakers all meet. Alaska fisheries are complicated and highly nuanced, and most who work in fisheries would agree.
So when I read an opinion recently published by two of our own state legislators, “Trawl bycatch may not be the sole cause of Alaska salmon declines, but it’s one of the few things we can control,” I was disheartened to see yet...
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