As usual, the quota — or total allowable catch — for Bering Sea pollock is gargantuan at 1,375,000 metric tons.
That's only slightly below this year's TAC of 1,389,000 tons.
Setting groundfish quotas was tricky this year as the federal government shutdown, which lasted from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12, disrupted the normal scientific stock assessment process.
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They struggled to catch the quota this year. Smart move to keep the cap high.
Well, we don’t want to be hamstrung, we’d rather scratch fish on nothing than be shut down early on good fishing
We DIDN'T catch the quota. Big reckoning coming.
Explain 'reckoning' further in what context.
The council issued a press release on setting the groundfish quotas:
https://www.npfmc.org/council-sets-groundfish-harvest-specs-for-2026-2027/
Great more opportunities to wipe out the halibut
The shoreside (catcher) boats were not going out because they weren't catching enough to cover the fuel they were burning. Having to run too far to scratch for fish.
You clown. The pollock fleet catches 1/5 the halibut bycatch as the directed fishery discards DEAD. Why don't you fix your terrible IPHC management before you start playing the blame game.
They were only running so far because of the ridiculous herring bycatch rule from the 1980s.
Since 2005 the halibut quota has decreased by 70 percent for alaska longliners. You draggers better keep lobbying to your crooked politicians. I'll never buy another fillet o fish sandwich again!
You have no one to blame but your own IPHC for overharvesting the biomass through the 2000s, then letting Canada over harvest for the last decade. Oh, and the pollock fleet catches less than 110k pounds of halibut a year. Your fleet kills more than a million pounds of discards. Enjoy your filet of fish.
Your numbers are inaccurate, the natives of the yukon river have been unable to subsistence fish for chums the past 7 years. They too are advocating for banning politician owned dragging. Draggers will be exposed for ruining the oceans ecosystems.
Nope. They're real and you just don't know what you're talking about. https://meetings.npfmc.org/CommentReview/DownloadFile?p=91bc55c5-6c86-46e1-b391-afe2e6b8afd3.pdf&fileName=PPT%20B2%20BSAI%20Inseason%20Report.pdf
Subsistence fishing for chum continues. Chinook fishing has been closed but there's still more than 1500 chinook taken as bycatch in other subsistence fisheries. Meanwhile draggers caught 35 in the last reported year. If you have to lie, maybe your argument is trash.
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