ADF&G on the Hunt for Mile Long String of 29 Sablefish Pots in PWS (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] April 17, 2015
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Lost pots in Prince William Sound could be a hazard to fishermen. More after this
A mile long string of 29 sablefish pots was lost last month in Prince William Sound after being run over by tugs towing barges at Knight Island Passage.
“It appears that some tug boats passed back and forth across where the gear was set, so it’s lost and we have no idea where it is”.
Maria Wessel is a groundfish biologist at the Fish and Game office in Cordova. A state research vessel has done several swipes of the grounds to no avail. The pots were part of an ongoing tagging study started in 2011 to track the movement of the Sound’s sablefish...
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