Another Alaska pollock fishery is facing calls for closure over bycatch issue

Alaska Native groups as well as companies that include Trident Seafoods and Copper River Seafoods weighed in on the issues being decided by Alaska regulators this month.

Alaska Groundfish Data Bank (AGDB), which has represented Gulf of Alaska shoreside trawl catcher vessels and processors since 1986, has come out against proposals to limit pollock fishing in Prince William Sound.
Alaska Groundfish Data Bank (AGDB), which has represented Gulf of Alaska shoreside trawl catcher vessels and processors since 1986, has come out against proposals to limit pollock fishing in Prince William Sound.Photo: AGDB
Published 11 December 2024, 17:58Updated 11 December 2024, 17:58
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