Resources

Pollock in Perspective: A gap analysis of recent economic reports commissioned by the
Alaska Pollock sector

Prepared by Alaska Marine Community Coalition and Ocean Conservancy

The Myth of “Mid-Water” in the Alaska Pollock Fishery

In the interest of ensuring the sustainability of all fisheries and the wellness of the ecosystem within which they operate, AMCC shares our concerns about current practices within the Alaska pollock fishery and its management that contribute to unmitigated contact of trawl gear with the seafloor.

A Legacy Story: Protecting the Bering Sea and Bristol Bay from Offshore Oil and Gas Development

A Legacy Story chronicles the long struggle over decisions about opening Bristol Bay and the southeast Bering Sea to offshore oil and gas drilling.

National Treasure at Risk: Protecting Alaska’s Bristol Bay from Offshore Drilling

AMCC’s report chronicles the over 30-year battle to protect Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea from offshore drilling and highlights fisheries, marine mammals, and seabirds of the region that drilling would put at risk.

Ocean Acidification & Alaska Fisheries

In 2011, AMCC sponsored community roundtable discussions on ocean acidification and Alaska fisheries in the fisheries-dependent communities of Homer, Kodiak, and Dillingham in southern Alaska.

The Northern Bering Sea: Our Way of Life

The Bering Sea Elders Group and AMCC undertook a project to compile spatial information about hunting and fishing use in the Northern Bering Sea and ecologically sensitive marine areas for the species used by coastal tribes.

Access Restrictions in Alaska’s Commercial Fisheries

The cumulative effect of limited access fisheries management decisions in Alaska has socio-economic consequences for our communities that are observable, predictable, and self-perpetuating.

Rockfish Bycatch: Spatial Analysis Using Observer Data

AMCC collaborated with Ecotrust to analyze catch and biological data on rockfish in the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to see if there are ways to refine spatial management to reduce the risk of overfishing.

Bycatch: Wasting Alaska's Future

This second edition of the original 1998 report, provides statistics and describes the direct link between wasteful fishing practices and habitat destruction.

Bottom Trawling in the North Pacific

This second edition of the original 1998 report, provides statistics and describes the direct link between wasteful fishing practices and habitat destruction.