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Alaska fisheries board tweaks rules for state pollock fishery on Prince William Sound

On Friday (Dec. 13), the Alaska Board of Fisheries removed regulations that required vessels to transit into different fishing areas when they approached 60% of the guideline harvest level

By Jacob Resneck | Dec. 13, 2024 23:48 GMT
F/V Pacific Star. The 79-foot trawler fishes in Prince William Sound but is seen here in its homeport of Kodiak, Alaska. (Courtesy photo by Chelsae Radel/Alaska Groundfish Data Bank)
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Fisheries regulators in the US state of Alaska have mostly punted on proposals submitted by trawl critics to tighten rules of the state-managed pollock trawl fishery in Prince William Sound, as Undercurrent News reported [...]

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