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Board of Fisheries could stop trawl bycatch in little-known Prince William Sound trawl fishery
Board of Fisheries could stop trawl bycatch in little-known Prince William Sound trawl fishery

CORDOVA, ALASKA—The Alaska State Board of Fisheries is this week set to consider four proposals that would reduce or eliminate bycatch in Alaska’s only state-managed pollock pelagic trawl fishery, which takes place from January 20 through March 31 in Prince William Sound. The fishery has zero observer coverage and while supposedly “midwater,” trawlers regularly bycatch bottom-dwelling species like shortraker and rougheye rockfish, halibut, black cod, lumpsuckers, skates, sole, flounder, octopus and prowfish, as well as non-bottom species like Chinook salmon, chum salmon, and squid.

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EPA Administrator Regan’s confirmation a win for Bristol Bay
Mary Catharine Martin Mary Catharine Martin

EPA Administrator Regan’s confirmation a win for Bristol Bay

ANCHORAGE—SalmonState applauds the confirmation of EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, who has assured Americans he will restore the role of science at the Environmental Protection Agency. SalmonState also thanks Senator Lisa Murkowski, who voted to confirm Regan. The confirmation is a win for Bristol Bay, the world’s greatest sockeye salmon run, which the Obama EPA was working to protect from the proposed Pebble Mine — a massive, open-pit mine and toxic waste dump planned for Bristol Bay’s headwaters.

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Pebble’s Appeal Highlights Need for Lasting, Permanent Protections, EPA Veto
Mary Catharine Martin Mary Catharine Martin

Pebble’s Appeal Highlights Need for Lasting, Permanent Protections, EPA Veto

ANCHORAGE—The Pebble Partnership’s plea today that the Army Corps of Engineers reverse its denial of the proposed Pebble Mine’s Clean Water Act dredge and fill permit highlights the need for durable, long-term, lasting protections for the Bristol Bay region, as well as the need for an EPA veto of the proposed Pebble Mine itself.

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State of Alaska’s Pebble appeal highlights need for EPA veto
Mary Catharine Martin Mary Catharine Martin

State of Alaska’s Pebble appeal highlights need for EPA veto

ANCHORAGE— Today’s announcement from the State of Alaska that it will appeal the rejection of Pebble’s permit application is deeply disappointing and once again shows the Dunleavy Administration prioritizes the interests of a disgraced foreign mining company over the thousands of Alaskans who depend on Bristol Bay’s incredible wild salmon fishery for their livelihoods and ways of life.

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Senator Murkowski commits to defending Bristol Bay; SalmonState urges EPA veto to restore confidence in process
Mary Catharine Martin Mary Catharine Martin

Senator Murkowski commits to defending Bristol Bay; SalmonState urges EPA veto to restore confidence in process

SalmonState thanks Senator Lisa Murkowski for today calling the proposed Pebble Mine “the wrong mine in the wrong place,” pledging to use the appropriations process in Congress to ensure the Bristol Bay region is protected from the proposed mine, and pledging to work on “longer-term protections for the region” during the next Congress. The organization also calls on Senator Murkowski to restore confidence in the process by supporting an Environmental Protection Agency 404c veto of the proposed mine, which is still in permitting.

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