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Federal
NPRB 1117 Cooperative research to develop new trawl footrope designs to reduce mortality of southern Tanner and snow crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi and C. opilio) incidental to Bering Sea bottom trawl fisheries
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Alaskaâs Bering Sea is home to some of the worldâs most productive groundfish and crab stocks and the fisheries that depend on them. Their spatial overlap creates... -
Federal
NPRB 1319 Assessment of the benthic impacts of raised groundgear for the Eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Alaska pollock fishing industry, in collaboration with scientists at Alaska Pacific University, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, and members of the fishing... -
Federal
NPRB711 Quantification of unobserved injury and mortality of Bering Sea crabs due to encounters with trawls on the seafloor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The potential for unobserved mortality of crabs encountering bottom trawls, but not captured, has long been a concern in the management of Bering Sea fisheries. We...