'Unprecedented': Cash crunch hits key US fisheries council, threatens Alaska pollock

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is concerned it may not be able to fully fund operations through the end of the year.

A Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission sonar test fishing crew counts the haul from their afternoon drifts. The tribal commission is asking the US pollock industry to impose a chum salmon bycatch cap, with the help of the NPFMC. — A Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission sonar test fishing crew counts the haul from their afternoon drifts. The tribal commission is asking the US pollock industry to impose a chum salmon bycatch cap, with the help of the NPFMC.Photo: Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Rachel Sapin

Correspondent

Published 13 June 2025, 13:00Updated 13 June 2025, 13:00

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