The Bering Sea pollock quota for 2013 will be up 3.91 percent over last year’s quota of 1.2 million metric tons, a sign that the health of the stock is trending upward. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) made the decision on Thursday with its approval of next year's total allowable catch (TAC) of 1.247 million metric tons.
The female spawning biomass has been trending upward in recent years, from a low for the decade of about 1.6 million metric tons in 2008 to about 2.3
