NPFMC ties limits on Bering Sea trawlers to halibut abundance

December 14, 2021 North Pacific, Pacific

The council that manages fishing in federal waters voted to link groundfish trawl fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to halibut abundance today. The action caps, at least for now, a six-year debate about curbing halibut bycatch in Alaska. For many who have been following that debate, the decision comes as a surprise, since it’s expected to deal what trawlers say is a crushing blow to their fishery. >click to read< 09:10

Aleutian Islands, Allan Hicks, Amendment 80 fleet, Anne Vanderhoeven, Bering Sea, Bering Sea trawlers, Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association, Chris Woodley, Groundfish Forum, halibut abundance, Halibut bycatch, International Pacific Halibut Commission, Jeff Kauffman, Lauren Divine, Marissa Wilson, NOAA, North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Rachel Baker

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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