by Samantha Weinstein | Jun 13, 2017 | Fish News
The Council is required to identify triggers for reviewing fishery allocations by 2019, and it?s gotten some charter operators excited that the Halibut Catch Sharing Plan might be reviewed and changed.? Relax. The issue here is that the Council needs to decide whether...
by Samantha Weinstein | May 21, 2017 | Call To Action, Fish News
SEAGO is proud to have signed on to two Southeast campaigns to protect our salmon habitat within the Tongass National Forest: T77 and maintaining Forest Service management of Tongass lands.? By supporting these efforts, SEAGO joins individuals, conservation groups,...
by Samantha Weinstein | Aug 31, 2016 | Fish News
Management decisions rely on accurate accounting of commercial fisheries? retained and discarded catch.? In Alaska?s fixed gear groundfish and halibut fisheries, this is done through the North Pacific Observer Program.? The Council has been working with the NMFS and...
by Samantha Weinstein | Aug 31, 2016 | Fish News, Uncategorized
This summer, ADFG is running the pilot program for its freshwater electronic logbook, to much reported success. Getting the Info The logbook itself collects information the Board of Fish and the NPFMC use to make allocation and management decisions for Chinook salmon,...
by Samantha Weinstein | Jun 14, 2016 | Fish News, Halibut Bycatch
The June 2016 North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) meeting ended today after five days of discussion surrounding Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish trawl fisheries.? The GOA groundfish fishery does not have the quota system most Alaska fisheries are known...
