We could well see an increase in the catch limit for Bering Sea pollock next season.
Pollock is the largest U.S. fishery by volume — the feedstock for making zillions of kid-pleasing fish sticks, not to mention that oh-so-versatile protein paste known as surimi.
For the 2013 season, scientists are recommending an "acceptable biological catch" of 1,375,000 metric tons.
That's a nearly 13 percent increase over the 2012 ABC of 1,220,000 tons.
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will adopt a harvest limit at its Dec. 3-11 meeting in Anchorage.
That's just nuts
ReplyDeleteremember the grand banks,how plentifull the cod were!untill the total collapce of the fisherie from over fishing!it's only a matter of time for this fisherie!greed will always blind we will never learn from our past mistakes!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMore fishing time = more bycatch..............science is a joke
ReplyDeleteAfter this past B-season? Unbelievable...they must have a magic wand or a pollock whistle. We need a reduction, not an increase.
ReplyDeleteI agree science is a joke, Same with the people saying it is okay to increase the limit. Greed leads to more greed. The people pushing for more aren't effected by the bycatch. This sucks!
ReplyDeleteThe Council doesn't have to raise the catch limit just because the ABC changed. They can decide to leave it where it is or even lower it.
ReplyDeleteHow stupid can they get! My gawd, somebody needs to seriously look at these guys.
ReplyDeleteWe should manage the pollock fishery based on how people "feel". Science has no business in the decision making process!
ReplyDeleteyeah a lot of science went into destroying the grand banks cod fisherie too!they also used a lot of science in wrecking the bearing sea red king crab fisherie in the past!!!!!yeahh we don't want no common sence ideas involved!!!!!!give me a break this is a cave in to special interists from washington state!!!!!!people should start boycotting any business that sells any fish sticks or any products fom this fisherie!
ReplyDeleteLet's base quotas on emotions. Salmon crashes happened in the past even before the pollock fishing began. It's overfishing by the users of the salmon either through subsistence or commercial or both. Get a grip people.
ReplyDeleteI 2nd that emotion,
ReplyDelete"Pollock Provides"
Greed, as all, provides. At least until the fish are all gone.
ReplyDeleteleaving the management of the pollock or the P cod fisheries up to the NPFMC is like leaving the foxes in charge of the chicken house. Except for a couple of cases one must have a conflict of interest to serve on the Council. They almost all are affected by their own decisions. They each should be required to read "Cod' and the "King of Fish" and be given a test on the moral of each book. Trusting the Council to do the right thing is like trusting a used car salesman. Hard to do.
ReplyDeletePut federal observers on salmon commercial fishing boats. And on pollock boats. And have them travel with sports fishermen.
ReplyDeletePollock Destroys.
ReplyDeletePeople and their dependance on natural resources are all connected. It's crazy to allow pollock fishers to continue to fish in the salmons nursery, killing them off as bycatch,while leaving the aboriginal people of Western Alaska on the banks of Alaska's rivers with dry nets and empty fish racks. Killing off a culture and tradition of Alaskas First Peoples is what it amounts to.
ReplyDeleteYa'll better get used to it. Big wins -always. Only if things get bad enough and I mean really bad, perhaps, the ESA will play in. Otherwise, those effected are screwed. Fishsticks trump all else.
ReplyDeleteFishdicks...
ReplyDeleteIt's unethical that "Big wins - always." primarily because their winning tactics usually includes manipulation, bullying and propaganda. Anti-trust tactics is what it amounts to.
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