The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) is one of eight regional councils established by the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 1976 (which has been renamed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) to oversee management of the nation's fisheries.
With jurisdiction over the 900,000 square mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska, the Council has primary responsibility for groundfish management in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), including cod, pollock, flatfish, mackerel, sablefish, and rockfish species harvested mainly by trawlers, hook and line longliners and pot fishermen.
SFP releases 2018 shelf-stable tuna sector report Worldwide
Nearly half of the world’s shelf-stable tuna products are already being sourced in a sustainable or improving manner, with the potential for much more than that, according to the latest sector report from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.
Jealsa becomes a new IPNLF member Spain
Galicia’s Jealsa Rianxeira Group has become the latest Member of the International Pole & Line Foundation.
SONAPESCA files suit against SUBPESCA for fishery auctions Chile
The National Fishing Society filed a new lawsuit with the Free Competition Court against the tenders of six fisheries initiated by the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture in November.
WWF urges EU Member states to meet CFP deadlines European Union
The conservation organisation WWF indicates that Member States are still lagging behind and are likely to miss important 2020 deadlines on biodiversity conservation and sustainable fisheries management.
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