Tag Archives: North Pacific Fishery Management Council

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting in Kodiak and took public comment on Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch management through the weekend and Monday morning. Currently before the council are a few alternatives: alternative two, in which harvesters who qualify would be awarded shares of catch based on their historical participation, alternative three, which would allocate …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The North Pacific Fishery Management Council just passed an amendment to compensate for the exit of one processor from Tanner crab processing last year. John McCracken, an economist with the staff of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, stepped up on Friday during the Council meeting in Kodiak to talk about the amendment. He explained Icicle Seafood’s departure …

North Pacific Fishery Management Council logo Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Scientific and Statistical Committee advises the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and met last week in Kodiak, at the same time as the Council and the Advisory Panel are also meeting in town. Friday, the SSC spoke with the council and defended its idea to start a social science team in …

Advisory panel meeting on the observer program. Theresa Peterson sits on left. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT The North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets this week in Kodiak for one of its five annual meetings and there are a couple of advisory groups that also get together. One is called the Scientific and Statistical Committee and the other is called the …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches holds a discussion about the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting going on in Kodiak and the three trawl bycatch management alternatives. Julie Bonney, Duncan Fields, and Terry Haines join.

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council recently put their final stamp on a letter which would provide community input on Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch management to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Each Kodiak governing body held a meeting Tuesday to review and approve that letter. This last step comes after months of discussion …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A series of talks during ComFish titled “Right to Fish: Challenges and Opportunities in Alaska Fishing Access” inspired one speaker to dedicate part of his presentation to the inequality within catch share programs. Duncan Fields, who sits on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, elaborated on the tie between access and the right to fish. “When we talk …