Bering pollock remains strong; cod crisis in Gulf

摘要

This year's total allowable catch (TAC) for Alaska Eastern Bering Sea pollock, one of the world's largest commercial fisheries, is a strong 1,364,341 metric tons.That figure, as recommended in December by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, represents a very slight increase over the 2017 TAC of 1,345,000 tons.Bering Sea pollock anchors Alaska's huge groundfish fisheries, keeping two powerful fleets busy - the factory trawlers that process their catch at sea, and the catcher boats that deliver fish either to mothership processors or to shore plants at Dutch Harbor, Akutan, and other Alaska ports.