The Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) is expanding its membership for the first time since 2004 to include several new Bering Seas catcher vessel co-ops eager to help expand the group's efforts to promote the fish.

The new members include the Akutan Catcher Vessel Association, High Seas Catchers' Cooperative, Northern Victor Fleet Cooperative, Peter Pan Fleet Cooperative, Unalaska Fleet Cooperative, UniSea Fleet Cooperative and Westward Fleet Cooperative.

Pat Shanahan, program director at GAPP, told IntraFish the members were added because fishermen from the mothership sector wanted to contribute to the marketing of Alaska pollock.