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Coast Guard rescues two from fishing vessel run aground in Pasagshak Bay
22 Jan 2026 23:46 GMT
… rescued two fishermen from a commercial fishing boat … Wednesday morning the fishing vessel Quantum reported … fishing at the time of the incident.
Currently the Central Gulf of Alaska … federal Pacific cod pot gear season is closed and fishermen …
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Recertification of flatfish fisheries as sustainable challenged
13 Jan 2026 19:52 GMT
… Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) flatfish fisheries as sustainable is being … Objectors noted that the flatfish fishery includes Amendment 80 bottom trawlers, … Island Fishery Management Plan, as well as other bottom trawlers in the Gulf of Alaska. …
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MSC, Groundfish Forum push back against claims of “greenwashing” Alaska’s flatfish fishery
13 Jan 2026 18:56 GMT
… Bering Sea Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska flatfish fishery lacked transparency and was … safe guards, including two onboard fishery observers, vessel monitoring system, … rationalized Bering Sea fishery, the Alaska flatfish fishery has been independently …
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Oceana appeals court ruling over Gulf of Alaska environment
15 Dec 2025 14:52 GMT
… recreational, and subsistence fishing.
Ben Enticknap, fisheries campaign director and … , Oceana submitted an updated Gulf of Alaska Habitat Protection Proposal. According … require additional protection.
Federal fisheries managers have already established …
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Bycatch reduction measure aimed at Gulf, Bering Sea fisheries
09 Jan 2026 17:41 GMT
… reducing bycatch and improving fisheries research in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea and … trawl bycatch impacts while involving fishermen directly in testing solutions.
“ … dependent on Western Alaska and Gulf of Alaska fisheries.
The legislation has not yet …
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NPFMC cuts Gulf of Alaska pollock quotas by 25 percent, keeps Bering Sea quotas mostly steady
10 Dec 2025 19:54 GMT
… Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has slashed pollock quotas in the Gulf of Alaska … effect of the fishery throughout the state.”
Nevertheless, the Gulf of Alaska cuts for … in the recent survey for Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod, which could not …
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Bonney steps away from Alaska Groundfish Data Bank
23 Jan 2026 18:38 GMT
… grew to influence how Gulf of Alaska’s trawl fisheries are managed, monitored and … most significant contribution: the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program, launched in 2007 … management could work in the Gulf of Alaska without the consolidation that followed …
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Alaska delegation introduces bipartisan act targeting fishery sustainability through reduced bycatch
08 Jan 2026 22:04 GMT
… Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska. It also seeks to prioritize … ...helps ensure sustainable salmon fisheries while protecting livelihoods.”
Background information … notes several fish species have experienced changes in …
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Gulf of Alaska seafloor lawsuit appealed as US fishery council narrows habitat review
09 Dec 2025 16:24 GMT
A US conservation group is asking a higher court to revisit a federal judge's dismissal of its lawsuit alleging the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is failing to protect the Alaska seafloor from damage by bottom trawlers targeting groundfish …
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Sullivan introduces act aiming at improved marine research for Alaskan fisheries
08 Jan 2026 12:54 GMT
… Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska. It also aims to prioritize … solve every challenge facing Alaska fisheries overnight, by strengthening transparency and … using innovative technologies including improved fishing gear designs...It is encouraging …