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Scapegoating Webster is a setback for Cook Inlet

...makes difficult fisheries decisions nearly impossible.In his amendment to a resolution intended for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council requesting reductions in Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska king salmon bycatch, Stoltze singled out the...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-16/scapegoating-webster-setback-cook-inl
Opinion
My Turn: Support reductions of Chinook salmon bycatch

...research to understand the problem. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has also taken action to reduce...noaa.gov/npfmc/Comments to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council can be emailed to npfmc.comments@noaa...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-04/my-turn-support-reductions-chinook-sa
Opinion
On the Trails: Mermaids' purses

...of these species. Therefore there is both management and conservation concern for these species. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council recently identified six skate nursery areas in the Bering Sea as Habitat Areas of Particular Concern...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-03-01/trails-mermaids-purses
Outdoors
Thanks Alaska delegation for listening to the fishing industry

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) recently approved a restructured observer program that extends observer coverage to Alaska's small boat fleet. With...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2012-12-24/thanks-alaska-delegation-listening-fi
Letters
My Turn: A new way forward in the Gulf

...bycatch of the same species is allowed in trawl fisheries as a cost of business. To their credit, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is taking steps to address these bycatch concerns.One way the North Pacific Council has decided to...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-01-29/my-turn-new-way-forward-gulf
Opinion
Fishing groups protest expanded observers program

...regulations are hard to change, he said. The agency has committed to annual review of deployment plans by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council."So it will be on the radar every year, and the ability to adapt and grow is kind of built into it...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-29/fishing-groups-protest-expanded-observe
State
Everyone needs some skin in the game to keep halibut stocks sustainable

...needs to have some skin in the game. Everyone! There is no right way of doing the wrong thing. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will be meeting in Kodiak during the week of June 6 -12 to take final action on halibut bycatch limits...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-05-30/everyone-needs-some-skin-game-keep-ha
Opinion
Alaska editorial: King closures expose double standards on bycatch

...interests don't always coincide with the public interest.This is where the federal regulators on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council are supposed to play their role. While drawn by design from industry stakeholders, their job is not...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-05/alaska-editorial-king-closures-expose
Opinion
Ocean Acidification: invisible now, but soon to become very obvious

...important piece of fisheries forecasting. This baseline would help the Department of Fish and Game, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, and the International Pacific Halibut Commission do their work. We owe it to our children and grandchildren...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-03-28/ocean-acidification-invisible-now-soo
Opinion
Fuglvog pleads guilty to falsifying catch records

...multiple times over a period of two years.Fuglvog helped regulate fishing off Alaska as a member of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council during his illegal catch.Salmon seiner fishermen in Southeast Alaska oftentimes fish multiple districts...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-08-11/fuglvog-pleads-guilty-falsifying-catch-
State

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