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Trawl fishing sees overhaul

John Driscoll/The Times-Standard
Article Launched: 11/12/2008 01:26:58 AM PST






Federal regulators will soon consider approving a major overhaul of one of the West Coast's most valuable fisheries hashed out by the Pacific Fishery Management Council last week.
The council adopted significantly different means of managing trawl fishing that it says will reduce waste and be safer and more profitable for fishermen.
The management regime, if approved by the National Marine Fisheries Service, would simplify how bottom-dwelling fish like sole, rockfish, sharks, skates and whiting are managed. It would allow individual fishing vessels to hold catch quotas, keep observers on boats to account for the catch, and allow fishermen to fish at any time -- corresponding with good weather and market conditions.
Seems like a step in the right direction for solid fisheries management.