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Alaska Fisheries Science Center has just launched its biennial comprehensive survey in the Gulf of Alaska, during which National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers will help determine the next catch rates.
NOAA is using two chartered commercial fishing vessels, each carrying six scientists in addition to the crews, to conduct a bottom trawl groundfish survey over the next 90 days. AFSC’s deputy director of Resource Assessment and Conservation Division, Guy Fleischer, said that about 750 tows will be completed during this time. Read the complete story from Juneau Empire.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
