NOAA Fisheries invites our Alaska Federally-recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations and Tribal Organizations that represent Tribal Governments to engage with us on upcoming NPFMC action items, including Agenda Item C4: Chum Salmon Bycatch.
NPFMC To Discuss Salmon Bycatch in April 2023
Salmon Bycatch Committee Meeting: January 25, 2023
"Every Fish Counts": Salmon Bycatch Committee Recap
NPFMC to Discuss Salmon Bycatch in December 2022
NPFMC Salmon Bycatch Committee Formed
Nominations Open for Salmon Bycatch Committee
Fishery managers call for deeper look at salmon bycatch, but decline to tighten rules
The Council declined to impose any new bycatch rules that would affect the current season. Instead, they approved what members characterized as a rigorous research program to include the formation of a working group with tribal representatives and others from affected communities.
Speak Out Against Salmon Bycatch – NPFMC June 2022 Meeting
OPINION: Western Alaska salmon numbers continue to fall — and that’s a serious threat to food security and indigenous cultures
“We can all agree that the only truly acceptable amount of bycatch is zero, and we must be continually striving toward this goal. We call on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Gov. Dunleavy, and ADF&G Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang to take every possible action to reduce bycatch significantly when they meet in Sitka in June by lowering the chinook salmon caps and establishing a hard cap for chum salmon.”