Sunday, January 14, 2024

How many Cook Inlet EEZ salmon?

With the feds poised to take over management of salmon fisheries this year in the Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone, we're beginning to get a sense of how many salmon will be available for harvest in the area.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is recommending a total allowable catch of nearly 1.3 million sockeye. For more detail, see this SAFE report, particularly Page 60.

This number is very preliminary. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is expected to address the matter at its February meeting in Seattle.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM

    The Cook Inlet takeover by the feds is anathema to the interests of the fishing industry, the salmon management authority of the state of Alaska, and seafood consumers.

    The governor needs to rally with the people and fight this by invoking the third U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea, and precisely the international established customary law of SemienclosedSeas. Alaska should seek accession to UNCLOS 3, as a state. Any ILLaw firm worth its salt can win this one. The question is also a fundamental threat to indigenous people, as the creeping hegemony of feds seeks destruction of fisherfolk everywhere.

    Lois DUPEY
    Executive Director
    American Indian Nations Union, A.I.N.U.

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