AMCC

We feel pretty grateful that we have the remarkable Nels Ure serving on our board at the moment. A second-generation commercial fisherman, Nels is also the Deputy Director at Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay (CFBB) AND currently in graduate school working toward a Master of Environmental Management at the Yale School of the Environment. Along with being a father and starring in many CFBB videos and posts ( if you’re not following @fishermen4bristolbay on Instagram yet, it’s worth doing...

AMCC community, thank you to everyone who submitted comments or provided testimony during the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting earlier this month. While this is not the outcome we would have wanted, we will continue to focus on advancing targeted fisheries policy measures that protect Alaska’s fisheries and ecosystems and stand in solidarity with the communities most affected by chum salmon declines. Despite hours of testimony from nearly 180 people, including Tribal leaders,...

In federal fisheries management, a lot can depend on one phrase: “to the extent practicable.” It sounds reasonable. But in Alaska, it is often the place where strong conservation actions are softened, delayed, or narrowed until they no longer match the scale of the problem. That phrase “to the extent practicable” appears in the regulations governing bycatch and habitat. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), National Standard 9 (NS9) requires managers to reduce bycatch as much as possible...