The North Pacific Fishery Management Council on Sunday approved new limits on the number of chinook salmon that Gulf of Alaska pollock fishermen can accidentally net before being shut down by federal regulators.
In a meeting in Nome, the council voted to cap that accidental harvest at 25,000 chinook, which is roughly the average caught over the last six years, according to Jon Warrenchuk, of Oceana, a fishery conservation group that advocated for the cap.
Last year, some 54,000 chinook salmon were caught by the Gulf trawlers, according to Warrenchuk.
More than 60 trawlers, many from Seattle, scoop up the gulf pollock,which is turned into fish sticks, surimi and other products.
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