Southeast Habitat Protection
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,...
Electronic Monitoring of the Commercial Fleets
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...
ADF&G Electronic Reporting
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,...
June 2016 NPFMC Meeting – GOA Trawl Fishery
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...
Recent NPFMC Action on Halibut Bycatch
The Council reviewed a discussion paper on elements of the previously proposed framework for a new GOA trawl management structure, which was set forth in October 2014. The Council took action to add several options to the pre-existing Alternatives (Alternative 2 and...