Deckboss

Quite a few Alaska fisheries operate under some form of catch shares. Now comes another catch share program, the first implemented in Alaska...

Deckboss hasn't had a chance to read them, but here are a couple of intriguing items from the Commerce Department inspector general: R...

If federal regulators move forward with a catch share program for Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries such as pollock and cod, some of the catch ...

Federal regulators have posted notice of a control date for the Central Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries. The control date of Dec. 31, 2012...

As expected, more fishing vessel owners are asking for a say in the big rockfish lawsuit Kodiak processors have brought against federal fis...

You might recall our recent post about the state Board of Fisheries considering two proposals to establish "equal shares" for per...

Alaska geoducks — worth a lot of clams. ADF&G photo The Alaska Board of Fisheries is meeting all this week at the Sons of Norway Hall in...

As expected, the Obama administration today released its draft policy touting the wonders of "catch shares." Click here to read a...

Look for the Obama administration this morning to release its national policy encouraging the use of "catch shares" in fisheries m...