North Pacific Fishery Management Council Submits Amendment 91 to Reduce Chinook Salmon Bycatch in Bering Sea Pollock Fishery

Summary

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area for review by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). If approved, the amendment would implement a novel approach to managing Chinook salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery by limiting the amount of bycatch and incentivizing the reduction of bycatch through a performance standard.