Wednesday, July 10, 2024

A big new bycatch report

The U.S. Government Accountability Office today released a report titled Federal Fisheries Management: Efforts to Reduce and Monitor Unintentional Catch and Harm Need Better Tracking.

2 comments:

Deckboss said...

Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, who's in a tough fight for reelection, takes note of the report and seems to claim credit for a huge reduction in chum salmon bycatch.

https://peltola.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1288

Anonymous said...

The only reason for less bycatch is the lack of abundance of prohibited fish.