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US lawmaker Peltola defends trawl bill amid pollock industry pushback

The legislation introduced last month by US representative Mary Peltola, an Alaska Democrat, has been called 'unworkable' by the pollock industry

By Undercurrent News | June 11, 2024 17:44 BST
Green mountains with a lone fishing vessel heading out to sea in Dutch Harbor, Alaska
A fishing vessel leaving the mouth of Captain's Bay on its way to Bering Sea fishing grounds in August 2023. Photograph by Kirsten Dobroth.
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US representative Mary Peltola is defending her recently introduced legislation to curb trawling as an "important next step" to reduce bycatch in Alaska's fisheries [...]

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