...seine permit holders. Two-thirds of the fishermen casting votes would have to approve a plan for it to take effect. Dan Castle, president of the Southeast Alaska Seiners Association, said the economics have improved for active seiners in the...

...commercial fisheries. Taken as a whole, this is a prescription for prosperity, not a death knell as some would claim. Dan Castle President Southeast Alaska Seiners Association Ward Cove

...fisheries. ``The last few years, we've been concerned about some of the people struggling at the lower end,'' said Dan Castle, president of the Southeast Alaska Seiners Association, in Ketchikan. ``But I think this was a shot in the arm for...

...Association doesn't see the need for an observer program, with interaction between seiners and whales fairly slim, said Dan Castle, the association's president. ``We think people can gather information more effectively from their own vessel...