Alaska's Pacific cod and pollock fisheries have skated through the worst of the longest government shutdown in US history, despite regulators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) running a skeleton crew through January.
United Catcher Boats (UCB) Executive Director Brent Paine told IntraFish UCB member trawl catcher vessels participating in Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska fisheries started fishing Jan. 20 on-time and without challenges.
UCB represents the majority of trawl catcher vessels participating in Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska fisheries.
