Advocates for tighter rules on salmon bycatch made their case over the past several days to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the organization that manages fish harvests in federal waters off Alaska. Via AlaskaBeacon
, in presentations to the council, described a myriad of problems related to warming conditions and climate change.
But of all the factors, bycatch is the one that the council can control, said advocates for stronger action. What SalmonState and similar organizations wanted, Bloom said, was a firm cap on bycatch to be in effect this year, full coverage of the industry – both in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska – by onboard observers who can monitor catches and their effects and some mandates for specially designed nets used on some ships that trap pollock but allow 30% to 40% of salmon to escape.
Stephanie Madsen, executive director of the At-Sea Processors Association, a trade group of operators of huge ships that both harvest and process fish, said that although the situation in Western Alaska is “heartbreaking,” bycatch is “clearly not the driver of the decline.”
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