AK's Weathervane Scallop, Seine Pollock Fisheries Get Little Interest from Fishermen (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] April 16, 2015
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – No Kodiak takers for scallops or seine pollock fisheries. More after this –
Alaska is trying to provide new fishing opportunities inside state waters but the two latest have fallen flat as a flounder. A scallop fishery that reverted to open access this year drew no takers by the April 1 deadline.
We only had four vessels that registered and those are the same vessels that have historically been participating in the fishery in recent years.
Mark Stichert is Fish and Game area manager for groundfish and shellfish for the Westward Region, which includes Kodiak, Chignik and Western Peninsula. One boat signed up for scallops at Yakutat. Stichert says he wasn’t surprised at the lack of interest...
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