North Pacific Fishery Management Council Submits Amendment 93 to Groundfish Fishery Plan for Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management in Gulf of Alaska

Summary

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 93 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, which aims to minimize Chinook salmon bycatch in the pollock fishery while preserving pollock total allowable catch limits, in line with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and other applicable laws.