ANCHORAGE, AK— While the North Pacific Fishery Management Council did not take final action at its February special meeting to institute a cap on the Bering Sea pollock trawl fleet’s bycatch of chum salmon, SalmonState is encouraged by the depth, knowledge and importance of the testimony from western and Yukon River Alaskans experiencing devastating chum salmon declines, advocacy for Indigenous inclusion in the decision-making process, and a more respectful tenor to the meetings than there has been in years past.