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AK SR3
Resolution
AI Summary
- Urges the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to amend the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries management plan to allow prohibited species catch limits based on the abundance of those species, rather than fixed caps
- Requests the council expeditiously implement a Chinook salmon bycatch cap to limit the number of Chinook salmon harvested incidentally in Gulf of Alaska fisheries
- Notes the council currently maintains fixed halibut bycatch caps of 2,000 metric tons for trawl fisheries and 300 metric tons for longline fisheries regardless of species abundance
- Cites declining Gulf of Alaska halibut populations over the past decade and Chinook salmon incidental catch rates that reached historical highs of 40,320 in 2007 and 51,258 in 2010
- Requests the Governor encourage his appointees on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to address these matters with utmost urgency
Legislative Description
Bycatch Limits In Npfmc Groundfish Plan
Fish & Game (fish)
Last Action
PERMANENTLY FILED 7/19 SENATE RESOLVE 3
8/24/2011
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