Pollock/surimi: A second season of quota cuts hit pollock, surjmi-seafopd industry

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The good news, says Shanahan, is that the same studies that were used to set the lower catch numbers are also showing a surge in stock levels for 2010. "The science indicates an upswing in fish in the ocean due to a strong year class of pollock that will mature in 2009," she adds. According to NOAA, a 2008 survey combining information from acoustic measurements of pollock biomass and mid-water trawl results showed lower abundance. Based on these results, NOAA recommended to the NPFMC that the catch limit be lowered. But Jim lanelli, a stock assessment scientist at NOAA, said in a prepared statement "the prognosis for 2010 is for improved stock levels because 2006 was a more successful year for the hatching and survival of young pollock."