Promoting Sustainable Fisheries to Feed the World
Today, the Bering Sea pollock industry took action to reduce chum salmon bycatch. Through the use of the Inter-cooperative Salmon Agreement, the pollock fishery has agreed to allow SeaState to close an additional 1,000 square nautical miles of fishing grounds … Continued
Learn how Alaska’s largest fishery is pioneering new salmon bycatch avoidance technologies and practices.
SUMMARY The Bering Sea pollock fishery is one of the largest sources of wild, sustainable seafood in the world. It is also an outstanding example of the benefits of a cooperative-based Catch Share fishery. Under this Catch Share management plan, … Continued
“Our precautionary approach to fishery management continues to provide sustainable seafood to millions,” said MCA President Frank Kelty. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (“NPFMC”) has unanimously approved its recommendations for the 2011 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (“BSAI”) groundfish … Continued
The Marine Conservation Alliance (MCA), a coalition of harvesters, processors and communities involved in the Alaska groundfish and crab fisheries, renewed its support today for scientifically set catch limits. As projected last year, Bering Sea pollock stocks are staging a … Continued
The Marine Conservation Alliance (MCA), a coalition of harvesters, processors, and communities involved with Alaska groundfish and crab including the Bering Sea pollock fishery, expressed support today for a decision by federal fishery managers to reduce the Bering Sea pollock … Continued
North Pacific Sets Model for Responsible Fishery Management The North Pacific leads the nation in accounting for and reducing the amount of fishery bycatch, the incidental harvest of non-targeted species, another reason that Alaska is considered a model for fishery … Continued
Whale Avoidance Guide Translated into Russian A popular guide to help fishermen and other mariners avoid conflicts with the endangered North Pacific Right Whale has been translated into Russian in hopes mariners on their side of the Bering Sea will … Continued
Joint initiative to protect world’s most endangered whale Anchorage, Alaska: Today, at the October meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC), the Marine Conservation Alliance (MCA) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled a joint initiative … Continued
The Marine Conservation Alliance (MCA) supports the recommendations by the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee (MPA FAC) that were submitted to the Department of Commerce and Interior this week. “The committee recommendations call for a regional approach to establishing … Continued