NPFMC SSC meetings are this week regarding sablefish ABC, apportionment, and sablefish bycatch in the Bering Sea.
With the help of our new coalition, we were able to rally 110 comments and secure 120 signatures on a sign on letter in support of lowering bycatch. The AP meets this week, and the Council the following week. You can listen and testify through the Council’s website: https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1565
Below are comments submitted to the Council on sablefish, halibut bycatch ABM, and observer program/EM: