US: Minimizing chum salmon bycatch

Published Apr 17, 2024

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The Alaska Pollock Fishery Alliance (APFA) has addressed concerns regarding the bycatch of chum salmon in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery, following a meeting with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council where over 100 individuals voiced their concerns. The APFA has pledged to adopt science-based management strategies to further minimize the incidental catch of Western Alaska chum salmon, highlighting the issue of the substantial increase in hatchery chum salmon produced by Russia. They are committed to providing accurate information, leveraging sound science, and implementing new technologies to tackle this issue, underscoring their commitment to sustainable fishing practices and the responsible stewardship of the pollock fishery and the Eastern Bering Sea ecosystem.

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Minimising Chum Salmon Bycatch . Statement from the Alaska Pollock Fishery Alliance on Recent Council Action to Minimise Chum Salmon Bycatch in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery. The recent North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting provided an opportunity to hear from more than 100 individuals who shared their perspectives on the issue of chum salmon bycatch. The pollock fishery shares in the concern about the challenges being felt by Western and interior Alaska residents and are committed to doing our part to find science-based management responses that further reduce incidental catch of Western Alaska chum salmon. Testimony also highlighted the amount of hatchery chum salmon produced by Russia is significant and growing every year. Several options being reviewed by the Council could set trigger closures based on these Russian hatchery fish, at the expense of avoiding Western Alaska chum salmon. This approach harms pollock-dependent communities without benefit to those that ...

Source: Fish Focus