New quota system to start for trawl harvests of cod in Bering Sea and Aleutians

New quota system to start for trawl harvests of cod in Bering Sea and Aleutians

A closeup view of a Pacific cod is seen in this undated photo. The commercial catch of Pacific cod is the second-largest groundfish harvest in waters off Alaska. A new system assigning cod quota shares to trawlers in the Bering Sea and Aleutians is set to go into effect in January. (Photo provided by NOAA Fisheries) Commercial fishermen netting Pacific cod from the Bering Sea and Aleutians region will be working under new individual limits start…

New quota system to start for trawl harvests of cod in Bering Sea and Aleutians

Commercial fishermen netting Pacific cod from the Bering Sea and Aleutians region will be working under new individual limits starting next year designed to ease pressure on harvests that regulators concluded were too rushed, too dangerous and too prone to…